I'm using below code to load an image:
alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns" as string))
But I'm getting the error:
error "File alias Macintosh HD:Users:apple:Downloads:FCPXporter_Version_3.1.scptContents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns of «script» wasn’t found." number -43
How do I fix it?
The recommended syntax is
alias ((path to me as string) & "Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns")
It handles the path separators reliably.
But your script doesn't have a Resources folder because it has been saved as regular compiled script.
Two possible solutions:
Save the file as script bundle (.scptd), put the icon in the – now present – Resources folder and use the code above.
If the icon is supposed to be on the same level as the script use
set myself to path to me
tell application "System Events" to set parentFolder to (path of container of myself)
set theImage to (parentFolder & "FCPXporter.icns") as alias
In your code, your script file has the extension ".scpt" but your script file needs to be saved as either a script bundle (.scptd) or an application (.app) to have a "Resources" folder
set theImage to (path to me as string) & "Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns" as alias
-- Returns value.. alias "Macintosh HD:Users:apple:Downloads:FCPXporter_Version_3.1.scptd:Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns"
It looks like you are missing a path separator - try changing:
alias ((path to me) & "Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns" as string))
to
alias ((path to me) & ":Contents:Resources:FCPXporter.icns" as string))
If that still doesn't work then check that the file actually exists at the specified location - go to Terminal and:
ls "Macintosh HD/Users/apple/Downloads/FCPXporter_Version_3.1.scpt/Contents/Resources/FCPXporter.icns"
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I am struggling with my Apple Script. I am asking to select a file and the selected file needs to be copied to another location. I am new to Apple Scripting, so probably made some mistake. I tried different versions with "copy" instead of "duplicate" or "alias" instead of "file", but nothing worked so far. Hope, somebody can help me figure this out.
This is what I scripted so far (I get an AppleEvent timed out):
set DefaultPath to POSIX file "/Users/jan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/FOLDER/Test"
set DestFolder to "/Users/jan/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/FOLDER/Destination"
set theFile to (choose file with prompt "Select file:" default location (DefaultPath))
tell application "Finder"
duplicate theFile to folder DestFolder
end tell
The problem is that the Finder doesn't support POSIX paths.
I recommend to use a relative path path to library folder from user domain and HFS paths (colon separated)
To satisfy the location parameter of choose file put the alias keyword in front of the (HFS) path
set cloudDocs to (path to library folder from user domain as text) & "Mobile Documents:com~apple~CloudDocs:"
set DefaultPath to cloudDocs & "FOLDER:Test:"
set DestFolder to cloudDocs & "FOLDER:Destination:"
set theFile to (choose file with prompt "Select file:" default location (alias DefaultPath))
tell application "Finder"
duplicate theFile to folder DestFolder
end tell
I have a script that someone else wrote. It works on his computer but not mine.
Originally it said "as alias", but I kept getting an error message as follows:
"Can’t make file "Macintosh HD:Users:williamsato:Desktop:Photobooth:CurrentSession" into type alias."
So I changed alias to string, following a suggestion made in another post.
Now I don't get that error message, but I do get a new one as shown below:
"Can’t get every file of "Macintosh HD:Users:williamsato:Desktop:PhotoBooth:CurrentSession"."
And it highlights the line "move files of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder with replacing"
Not sure what is going wrong.
on run {input, parameters}
set SourceFolder to POSIX file "/Users:/williamsato/Desktop/Photobooth/CurrentSession" as string
set DestinationFolder to POSIX file "/Users/williamsato/Desktop/Photobooth/PreviousSessions" as string
tell application "Finder"
move files of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder with replacing
end tell
(* Clear Large Type *)
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "a" using command down
end run
Here are three different way of forming the SourceFolder and DestinationFolder variables and moving the files:
set SourceFolder to (path to desktop folder as string) & "Photobooth:CurrentSession:" as alias
set DestinationFolder to (path to desktop folder as string) & "Photobooth:PreviousSessions:" as alias
tell application "Finder" to move files of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder with replacing
set SourceFolder to alias "Macintosh HD:Users:williamsato:Desktop:Photobooth:CurrentSession:"
set DestinationFolder to alias "Macintosh HD:Users:williamsato:Desktop:Photobooth:PreviousSessions:"
tell application "Finder" to move files of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder with replacing
set SourceFolder to POSIX file "/Users/williamsato/Desktop/Photobooth/CurrentSession" as alias
set DestinationFolder to POSIX file "/Users/williamsato/Desktop/Photobooth/PreviousSessions" as alias
tell application "Finder" to move files of SourceFolder to DestinationFolder with replacing
Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors.
My applescript is telling me that the file I'm trying to get is not found. But it's right here, I can open it using the exact same path in the terminal.
Here is a simplified version of the code that gives the same error:
set theFile to "~/Desktop/MyFile.csv" as alias
set theContent to read theFile as «class utf8»
Your path string is incorrect for applescript. It's expecting an HFS path like this...
Path:to:my:file:MyFile.csv, not a POSIX path.
I would recommend doing something like this...
set theFile to ((path to desktop folder as string) & "MyFile.csv") as alias
How should an Apple Script look like to automatically open a file named testfile downloaded to the Downloads folder and run with a program testprogram?
I feel it should be a pretty simple template, and I am having trouble finding much to accomplish it.
This example uses Microsoft Word to open testFile.rtf. Update the code with your info and attach the folder action to your target folder.
on adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theFiles
set appPath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to applications folder) & "Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app")
repeat with aFile in theFiles
tell application "Finder" to aFile's name = "testfile.rtf"
if the result then
set filePath to quoted form of aFile's POSIX path
do shell script "open -a " & appPath & space & filePath
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
If you manually want to open the file, try this:
set appPath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to applications folder) & "Microsoft Office 2011/Microsoft Word.app")
set filePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to documents folder) & "testFile.rtf")
try
do shell script "open -a " & appPath & space & filePath
end try
You could create a folder action like this with Automator:
Finder's open command also has a using specifier for specifying the application:
tell application "Finder"
open POSIX file "/usr/share/doc/bash/bash.html" using (path to application "Safari")
end tell
I've been trying to get System Events to duplicate files in AppleScript and I've been failing :) I eventually always get the error "error "Files can not be copied." number -1717". So I changed my tactics and tried using the Finder to make sure what i was trying to do was correct. Here is the code that works:
tell application "System Events"
set desktopFolder to (path to desktop folder) as string
set fullPath to desktopFolder & "Temp Export From DO"
set theDOEntries to every file of folder "/Users/jkratz/Dropbox/Apps/Day One/Journal.dayone/entries" whose name extension is "doentry"
repeat with DOEntry in theDOEntries
set source to path of DOEntry
log "Source file: " & source
set destination to fullPath as string
log "Destination folder: " & destination
tell application "Finder"
duplicate file source to folder destination with replacing
end tell
end repeat
end tell
If I remove that last tell, so that it uses System Events, I get the same error noted above. The dictionary for System Events standard suite has a "duplicate" command so I'm not sure what is going on here. Also, "Learning AppleScript, 3rd ed" from APress notes:
"One particularly annoying omission in System Events is that it can’t yet duplicate files and folders; if you need to do this, the Finder is your best bet."
The 3rd edition is from 2010. It would seem that even in Mountain Lion this is still true. Can anyone confirm this? The 1717 error number lists everywhere else as a handler error and i'm not using handlers.
Unfortunately, you cannot duplicate files using System Events - you have to use the Finder. Even in the answer provided by adayzdone, System Events is not actually handling the duplication.
This looks like it's working (because it's inside a System Events tell block)...
tell application "System Events"
duplicate myFile to myFolder
end tell
...but if you inspect the event log you'll see that the Finder is actually performing the duplication. Behind the scenes, you are passing two Finder objects to System Events. System Events doesn't know how to handle Finder objects, so execution is passed to the objects' owner, the Finder, which executes the command.
For file duplication in AppleScript, you are unfortunately limited to using the Finder or the command line via do shell script.
Try:
tell application "Finder" to set desktopFolder to (path to desktop folder as text) & "Temp Export From DO" as alias
tell application "System Events" to set theDOEntries to every file of folder "/Users/jkratz/Dropbox/Apps/Day One/Journal.dayone/entries" whose name extension is "doentry"
repeat with DOEntry in theDOEntries
log "Source file: " & DOEntry
log "Destination folder: " & desktopFolder
tell application "Finder" to duplicate file DOEntry to desktopFolder with replacing
end repeat
If you don't need to log the values you can simply:
tell application "Finder" to set desktopFolder to (path to desktop folder as text) & "Temp Export From DO" as alias
tell application "System Events" to set theDOEntries to every file of folder "/Users/jkratz/Dropbox/Apps/Day One/Journal.dayone/entries" whose name extension is "doentry"
tell application "Finder" to duplicate theDOEntries to desktopFolder with replacing
Or:
set desktopFolder to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to desktop folder as text) & "Temp Export From DO")
do shell script "find '/Users/jkratz/Dropbox/Apps/Day One/Journal.dayone/entries' -name \"*.doentry\" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} cp -a {} " & desktopFolder
Getting back to your question, the duplicate commands creates duplicates of Finder items. You can use System Events to duplicate Finder items like this:
tell application "Finder"
set myFile to file ((path to desktop as text) & "Test File.txt")
set myFolder to folder ((path to desktop as text) & "Test Folder")
end tell
tell application "System Events"
duplicate myFile to myFolder
end tell