Ok, so I've got an application, and I want to make it scriptable. I set up the plist, I set up the sdef file. So far I have only one apple Event command: gotoPage. it takes an integer. and returns a boolean. The relevant XML is: <command name="gotoPage" code="dcvwgoto" description="Goto a specified page"> <cocoa class="A...
I'm mainly a Python programmer, and it is often described as being "executable pseudo-code". I have used a little bit of AppleScript, which seems to be the most English-like programming language I have ever seen, because almost operators can be words, and it lets you use "the" anywhere (for example, this stupid example I just came up wi...
I recently installed python 2.6.5 over 2.6.1 on OS X. Everything works fine except when I try executing python scripts via the Applescript editor. If I execute the following line I get version 2.6.1: Applescript: do shell script "python -c \"from sys import version; print version\"" But if I execute the similar line in the OS X termi...
I recognise that Google Chrome & Chromium aren't highly AppleScript enabled yet. But, I was wondering if there was a way to use the "System Events" to hide a particular window or tab? Here is what I have so far ... tell application "System Events" tell process "Google Chrome" repeat with theWindow in windows set thePageName...
Can someone please tell me why this won't work? NSAppleScript* playPause = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource: @"\ tell application \"System Events\"\n\ tell application \"Final Cut Pro\" to activate\n\ keystroke \" \"\ end tell"]; I get the error "Expected ':' ',' ';' '}' or 'attribute' before '=' token". WT...
I readed some tutorials about making droplets with apple script or with automator's help. First, I need to know if these droplets only works with the drag n drop file action, or if you can do the action in the current directory you are.And if the last answer is yes, how to do with automator? This was a general question. In my case. I ne...
I have two files. One has a list of words. The other has a large list of words that includes all words in the original file. How can I write a script to search all words in list 1 and get the line on list 2 with that exact word (list 2 has the words plus additional information) and write them to a third file? I've been searching onli...
I have a shell script that outputs filenames (one per line). I want to put that output into a list in AppleScript. How can I do this? Bonus points for how to then turn those filename strings into file objects. EDIT: When trying this: set theFiles to {} repeat with i from 1 to count of filenames set end of theFiles to (POSIX file...
If I have a list of aliases, how can I either remove the ones that are not regular files or create a new list with only regular files. The main question is how to determine if an alias is a regular file. I tried this, but it's hacky and it doesn't always work (like with .app files). if (theFile as string) does not end with ":" then ... ...
How can I download and open a .dmg file using cocoa or applescript ...
Using the following code: tell application "Finder" to reveal every item of theFiles Works when theFiles contains a single file, but when it contains multiple files, I get: error "Finder got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000 What am I doing wrong? I simply want to highlight a list of files in Finder. ...
I am trying to create an application with the only purpose to implement a Applescript dictionary, and extend Applescript. I have read of faceless applications (agents), but my application allows Applescript scripts to show some dialog boxes. What can I do to avoid my application icon appears in the dock when it is invoked by Applescript?...
I want to write a script that takes action when a document is opened on a certain application, or before an application quits, etc. Is there a way to attach a script to an event in an application? Does AppleScript support any form of hooks at all? If not, can I hack my way into getting what I want? ...
I just want that Mac OS X 10.6 does a hardware beep sound like in open suse and other distributions. I tried following approaches Terminal -> beep = -bash: beep: command not found Terminal -> say beep = voice speaks out beep (Not a Hardware beep but awesome ;) ) applescript -> beep = Macintosh bell (I want a Hardware beep!) Does anyb...
I need to set the date and time on my Mac (Intel, Snow Leopard) to a specific date and time each time it boots. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this using AppleScript or something else? ...
I have a program that needs to turn on and off the system clock in the menu bar. This will do that: defaults write com.apple.MenuBarClock ClockEnabled -bool false (with false->true to turn it back on). Except it doesn't actually take effect until I manually open up Date & Time settings (just opening the settings causes the menu bar t...
How would I go about creating an AppleScript command that when I just run the script (or double click it in Finder?), it would run a set of terminal commands? The set of commands completely remove MySQL, and it has become a pain to constantly write them out. The commands are: sudo rm /usr/local/mysql sudo rm -rf /usr/local/mysql* sudo r...
I have a function that sends a string "theData". I want to insert that string here in this code. Would someone please tell me the correct syntax for this? Things get a bit hairy with the \"s and the "s. Thanks! NSTask *task; task = [[NSTask alloc] init]; [task setLaunchPath:@"/usr/bin/osascript"]; [task setArguments:[NSArray arrayWi...
I'm trying to create mail with py-appscript (AppleScript interface for python). I tried following code, from appscript import * mail = app('Mail') msg = mail.make(new=k.outgoing_message, with_properties={'visible':True, 'content':"hello", 'subject':"appsc...
I need to export over 50 mp4 files to three different formats using Quicktime Pro. Currently I open the mp4, select the export options, choose filename to "save as" and start the process. I do this three times (one for each format) for each file. Does anyone have Applescript scipt to automate such a process, or a tool that already exist...