(*
A little script to gather any application windows that are partially offscreen in some way and shift them back to the desktop.
This is particularly useful if you use a MacBook with an external display.
*)
tell application "Finder"
	-- get desktop dimensions (dw = desktop width; dh = desktop height)
	set db to bounds of window of desktop
	set {dw, dh} to {item 3 of db, item 4 of db}
end tell

tell application "System Events"
	repeat with proc in application processes
		tell proc
			repeat with win in windows
				-- get window dimensions (w = width; h = height)
				set {w, h} to size of win

				-- get window postion (l = left of window; t = top of window)
				set {l, t} to position of win

				-- nh = new window height; nw = new window width
				set {nh, nw} to {h, w}

				-- window width is bigger than desktop size,
				-- so set new window width to match the desktop
				if (w > dw) then set nw to dw

				-- window height is bigger than the desktop size (minus menu bar),
				-- so set new window height to be desktop height - 22 pixels
				if (h > dh - 22) then set nh to dh - 22

				-- r = right coordinate of window; b = bottom coordinate of window
				set {r, b} to {l + nw, t + nh}

				-- nl = new left coordinate; nt = new top coordinate
				set {nl, nt} to {l, t}

				-- left coordinate is off screen, so set new left coordinate
				-- to be 0 (at the left edge of the desktop)
				if (l < 0) then set nl to 0

				-- top coordinate is above bottom of menu bar (22 pixels tall),
				-- so set new top coordinate to be 22
				if (t < 22) then set nt to 22

				-- right coordinate extends beyond desktop width,
				-- so set new left coordinate to be desktop width - window width
				if (r > dw) then set nl to dw - nw

				-- bottom coordinate extends beyond desktop height,
				-- so set new top coordinate to be desktop height - window height
				if (b > dh) then set nt to dh - nh

				-- if we have calculated a new top or left coordinate, reposition window
				if (l > nl or t > nt) then set position of win to {nl, nt}

				-- if we have calculated a new height or width, resize window
				if (h > nh or w > nw) then set size of win to {nw, nh}
			end repeat
		end tell
	end repeat
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    sleep
end tell

tell application "Finder"
	set _b to bounds of window of desktop
	set _w to item 3 of _b
	set _h to item 4 of _b
end tell

{_b, _w, _h}

tell application "TextEdit"
	activate
	close every document saving no
	make new document at the beginning of documents
	set the name of window 1 to "Font Samples"
	set zoomed of the front window to true
	set the text of the front document to "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
	tell the text of the front document
		set the font to "Lucinda Grande"
		set the size to 24
	end tell
end tell

(* directory listing*)
set thePath to "/"
set ergebnis to (do shell script "ls -al "&thePath&" | awk '{print $9}'") as string

set ret to my email_check("yourmail@domain.xy")

on email_check(mailadress)
    -- 29. Mai 2009, 1.55 Uhr, erarbeitet von H =:o) L G I und macmissionar@gmail.com 
    try
        return (run script (do shell script "perl -nle 'if (/^[^\\,.][A-Z0-9._%+-]+[^\\,.]@[^\\.,](?:[A-Z0-9._%+-]{2,}\\.)[A-Z]{2,4}$/i) {print \"true\"} else {print \"false\"}' <<< " & (quoted form of mailadress)))
    on error fehler
        return fehler
    end try
end email_check

(* These examples uses the curl command, see man pages for further details. *)

--GET Example
property PathToServer : "http://www.qusa.de"
set cmd to "curl -s " & quoted form of (PathToServer & "?com=show")
set ReturnValue to do shell script cmd

--POST Example
property PathToServer2 : "http://www.qusa.de"
set cmd2 to "curl  -s '" & quoted form of (PathToServer2 & "?id=59") & "' -d 'xy=51&name2=value2&press=ok'"
set ReturnValue2 to do shell script cmd2