I'm trying to create an Automator droplet that allows me to pass one or more video files to an Applescript that then saves out reference files with "_ref.mov" appended to the file name by using QuickTime Player 7.
Saving as a reference is the default save method, which is why I'm not using save reference file function (also, because I can't find any docs on the using descriptors attribute object.)
I found this script on another forum, and it works, but it doesn't accomplish exactly what I need because it requires that 1) a file is open and 2) the user manually specifies an output file name.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
activate
try
if not (exists document 1) then display dialog "please open a quicktime movie." buttons {"cancel"} default button 1 with icon 1
set theFile to (choose file name)
save document 1 in theFile
close document 1
end try
end tell
return input
end run
I've tried to make changes to accomplish what I need, but my changes break the script:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
activate
try
open input
set theFile to ((path of input) & "_ref.mov))
save document 1 in theFile
close document 1
end try
end tell
return input
end run
I've also tried:
set theFile to (((path of input) & "_ref.mov") as text) doesn't work
either does as alias or as string
Not sure where I'm going wrong. Please help if you can!
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I am trying to build a Quick Action in Automator that I can run on any folder, which would run the following AppleScript on each of the .pdf files inside that folder one by one - waiting for the first to finish, before starting again on the next file.
Currently I have only the AppleScript code that I want to run, but I can't figure out how to attach it to a Quick Action and make it run the code on each pdf item inside.
Note: The number of PDF files in the folder can be different each time.
on run {input, parameters}
set theFile to input's item 1
set theSeconds to time of (current date)
tell application "Finder"
set theDuplicate to duplicate file "Macintosh HD:Users:username:Documents:IddTest:template.indd"
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020" to open file (theDuplicate as string)
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
if document 1 exists then
repeat 34 times
tell document 1
relink link "placeholder.pdf" to theFile
try
update link "placeholder.pdf"
end try
end tell
end repeat
end if
close document 1 saving yes
end tell
tell application "Finder"
set name of theDuplicate to "" & theSeconds & ".indd"
end tell
end run
Note that I do not have Adobe InDesign 2020 so my rework of your AppleScript code has not been tested, however I believe it should work.
In Automator create a new workflow as a Quick Action with setting as shown in the image below.
Add a Get Folder Contents action.
Add a Filter Finder Items action with setting as shown in the image below.
Add a Run AppleScript action replacing the default code with the AppleScript code below.
Example AppleScript code:
on run {input, parameters}
repeat with thisFile in input
set theSeconds to time of (current date)
tell application "Finder"
set theDuplicate to duplicate file "Macintosh HD:Users:username:Documents:IddTest:template.indd"
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
open file (theDuplicate as string)
delay 2
if document 1 exists then
repeat 34 times
tell document 1
relink link "placeholder.pdf" to thisFile
try
update link "placeholder.pdf"
end try
end tell
end repeat
end if
close document 1 saving yes
end tell
tell application "Finder"
set name of theDuplicate to "" & theSeconds & ".indd"
end tell
end repeat
end run
I am trying to make a Folder action in Automator, which duplicates specific .indd file, opens it in InDesign and then relinks "test1.png" with a file that was dropped in the folder, which is bound to the Automator action.
I can get it working with hardcoded file path, but if I try getting the file path dynamically it gives me error "Cannot create the link resource from the given URI"
It's probably something very simple, but I am new to AppleScript and can't figure it out.
Code:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
set filename to name of file input
end tell
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
if document 1 exists then
tell document 1
relink link "test1.png" to "Macintosh HD" & filename
try
update link "test1.png"
end try
end tell
end if
end tell
return input
end run
I don't have Adobe InDesign to be able to test this but try this.
on run {input, parameters}
set theFile to input's item 1
tell application "Adobe InDesign 2020"
if document 1 exists then
tell document 1
relink link "test1.png" to theFile
try
update link "test1.png"
end try
end tell
end if
end tell
end run
Scratching my head after reading lots of different threads on this and tried a bunch of scripts but none seem to work.
I'd like to use Automator to automate Word 2016 conversion of a selection of docx files to pdf.
Used the following Automator Service:
Used the following script:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application id "com.microsoft.Word"
activate
open input
set doc to name of active window
set theOutputPath to (input & ".pdf")
save as active document file name theOutputPath file format format PDF
end tell
end run
Which results in error: Microsoft Word got an error: active document doesn’t understand the “save as” message.
The main issue is that input is a list. You have to use a repeat loop to process each file separately
I added a line to close the current document after having been converted
on run {input, parameters}
tell application id "com.microsoft.Word"
activate
repeat with aFile in input
open aFile
set theOutputPath to ((aFile as text) & ".pdf")
tell active document
save as it file name theOutputPath file format format PDF
close saving no
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end run
To prevent the problem discussed in #vadian's answer, save the file first to Word's default folder (that's usually ~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Word/Data/Documents) and then move the file somewhere else.
on run {input, parameters}
repeat with aFile in input
tell application "System Events"
set inputFile to disk item (aFile as text)
set outputFileName to (((name of inputFile) as text) & ".pdf")
end tell
tell application id "com.microsoft.Word"
activate
open aFile
tell active document
save as it file name outputFileName file format format PDF
close saving no
end tell
set defaultPath to get default file path file path type documents path
end tell
tell application "System Events"
set outputPath to (container of inputFile)
set outputFile to disk item outputFileName of folder defaultPath
move outputFile to outputPath
end tell
end repeat
return input
end run
I need to write a simple applescript that will be opened with an argument. That argument will be a file path. I need it to save this file path to a text file. I want to avoid using shell script.
I'm finding this surprisingly difficult, despite having done it in .sh and .bat already
Thanks very much!
Adam
//// the current code which is not working is below. the code begins with "on run" and ends with "end run" but for some reason this isn't being highlighted as code
on run argv
set this_PATH to (POSIX file argv)
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
make new document
set text of document 1 to this_PATH as text
save document 1 in "/Users/adamparkinson/Desktop/date.txt"
end tell
end run
I made this work:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
on run argv
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
make new document
tell document 1
set its text to (item 1 of argv as text)
save in posix file (item 1 of argv as text )
end tell
end tell
end run
I called it like this:
./SavePath.sh /Users/Me/Desktop/junk/Newstuff.txt (Of course I used chmod u+x SavePath.sh to make it executable.)
If this works for you, then please check of my answer as answered. :)
with applescript it is very easy to create application Drag and Drop without any script shell below a version Drag and Drop of your script
on open draggedItems
set this_PATH to quoted form of POSIX path of draggedItems
repeat with currentItem in draggedItems
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
set doc to open POSIX file "/Users/adamparkinson/Desktop/date.txt"
make new word at end of text of doc with data (this_PATH as text) & return
end tell
end repeat
end open
I have a massive set of files (4000+) that are in an old Apple format (Appleworks). My employed needs them all updated to PDF. By opening the documents in Appleworks and using the system print dialogue, I can save them to PDF—this is ideal. I'm a complete nub with Applescript/Automator, however.
Using a Python script I was able to gather all the Appleworks files from my bosses computer and put them in a directory; each file is then in a subdirectory with a .txt file containing its original location (where, eventually, I will have to put them back).
I need the script to move recursively through this massive directory, getting every file that's neither a folder nor a .txt document, and save it to PDF in the same directory in which the original file was found. ie.
/Appleworks/Boss_File_1/
will contain
/Appleworks/Boss_File_1/Boss_file_1.cwk and
/Appleworks/Boss_File_1/path.txt
But must eventually also contain /Appleworks/Boss_File_1/Boss_File_1.pdf
I can get half way with either solution, but don't know how to make them work together. The Applescript I'm using looks like:
set appleworksFolder to choose folder
tell application "Finder"
set folderItems to (files of entire contents of appleworksFolder)
repeat with I from 1 to number of items in folderItems
set the_doc to item I of folderItems
if name of the_doc is not "path.txt" then
try
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
open the_doc
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Appleworks"
keystroke "p" using command down
click menu button "PDF" of window "Print"
click menu item "Save as PDF…" of menu 1 of menu button "PDF" of window "Print"
click button "Save" of window "Save"
end tell
end tell
end tell
end try
else
tell application "Finder"
delete the_doc
end tell
end if
end repeat
end tell`
This opens the print dialogue but never gets any further and I have no idea why. I realize this script also doesn't deal with putting the document back in its original folder, but in Applescript I could easily enough do this if I could get past the actual printing-to-PDF bit.
Meanwhile, in Automator, using this workflow:
Get Specified Finder Items
Get Folder Contents
Filter Finder Items (by kind and then by file extension is not .txt)
Open Finder Items (with Appleworks)
I then am stuck; using the actual Print Finder Items and choosing Adobe PDF seems to actually do nothing at all, and recording myself using the print to pdf process live is useless because I don't know how to get Automator to retain the path the file originated from and ensure it prints to it.
If anyone can help me put this together somehow, I'd be enormously grateful. Thanks.
Convert using Pages
If you have Pages (part of iWork), it can open .cwk files and save them as PDF: just replace your if block with this:
if (the_doc's name extension is not "txt") then
set newName to my makeNewFileName(the_doc, "pdf")
try
tell application "Pages"
open (the_doc as alias)
set thisDoc to front document
save thisDoc as "SLDocumentTypePDF" in newName
close thisDoc saving no
end tell
on error
display dialog "Error: cannot export " & (name of the_doc) & " to PDF."
end try
end if
(you will need this custom function makeNewFileName):
(* prepare new file name with extension ext *)
on makeNewFileName(finderItem, ext)
tell application "Finder"
set fname to finderItem's name
set thePath to (finderItem's container) as alias as text
return (thePath & (text 1 thru ((length of fname) - (length of (finderItem's name extension as text))) of fname) & ext)
end tell
end makeNewFileName
(complete working script)
GUI scripting
Alternatively, you could do GUI scripting upon AppleWorks as you attempted, but it has the disadvantage that you cannot programmatically specify where to save the PDF file.
This snippet works for me:
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
open the_doc
activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "AppleWorks"
keystroke "p" using command down
delay 1 -- or longer, if it takes longer
click menu button "PDF" of window "Print"
click menu item "Save as PDF…" of menu 1 of menu button "PDF" of window "Print"
delay 1 -- or longer
click button "Save" of window "Save"
end tell
end tell
Unfortunately, AppleWorks doesn't seem to properly listen to AppleScript's close command, therefore you may need to close the file by also simulating the cmd+W keystrokes.
Try this:
set appleworksFolder to choose folder
set thePath to POSIX path of appleworksFolder as string
tell application "Finder"
set folderItems to files of appleworksFolder
repeat with aFile in folderItems
set {name:fileName, name extension:nameExtension} to aFile
set filePath to POSIX path of (aFile as alias) as string
if nameExtension is not "txt" then
set theLocation to POSIX path of (aFile as text)
set baseName to text 1 thru ((get offset of "." & nameExtension in fileName) - 1) of fileName
set destLocation to (thePath & baseName & ".pdf")
set theCommand to "/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/./convert -f \"" & filePath & "\"" & " -o " & "\"" & destLocation & "\"" & " -j \"application/pdf\""
do shell script theCommand
else
tell application "Finder" to delete aFile
end if
end repeat
end tell
I needed to do this today on Mountain Lion with a bunch of RTF receipts; here's how I did it:
#!/bin/bash
for file in *.rtf ; do
filename=$(basename "$file")
/usr/sbin/cupsfilter "$file" > "$filename.pdf"
done
Worked great; super easy. No Automator or AppleScript silliness.