I'm trying to the function replaceChars in the below script but getting the following error:
error "Finder got an error: Can’t continue replace_chars." number -1708
The intention is to add the script to finder as a button so that I can simply click it to copy the path to my clipboard. I'm adding file://localhost/ so that the link can then be used when shared with users by email as a direct link to a folder on the local network. If possible I would also like to add to clipboard the same for Windows machines.
If you could offer any guidance as to the task above it would be much appreciated, this is my first attempt at programming with applescript so I'm not that knowledgable of how things are done.
Heres the code:
on appIsRunning(appName)
tell application "System Events"
set isRunning to ((application processes whose (name is equal to appName)) count)
end tell
if isRunning is greater than 0 then
return true
else
return false
end if
end appIsRunning
on replace_chars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
set the item_list to every text item of this_text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
set this_text to the item_list as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
return this_text
end replace_chars
if appIsRunning("Finder") then
tell application "Finder"
set thePath to "file://localhost/" as text
set theTarget to (target of front Finder window) as text
set the clipboard to thePath & replace_chars(theTarget, ":", "/") as text
end tell
end if
AppleScript is looking for a replace_chars handler in the Finder's scripting dictionary. You can either make it into my replace_chars to have AS look in the script, or (probably better) move the set the clipboard to thePath & replace_chars(theTarget, ":", "/") as text line out of the tell block altogether.
You can make it into a one-line script:
tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to "file://localhost" & (target of front Finder window as text)'s POSIX path
Replace your replace_chars(theTarget, ":", "/") call with replace_chars(theTarget, ":", "/") of me:
set the clipboard to thePath & replace_chars(theTarget, ":", "/") of me as text
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How to get the filename without the extension in AppleScript? For example:
Penny.Dreadful.S03E01.720p.HDTV.x264-BATV.mp4 to
Penny.Dreadful.S03E01.720p.HDTV.x264-BATV
One file to work enough for me but could be in for more file.
The following code takes the file name but with the extension. I don't want the extension. Thanks for your help.
try
set theNames to {}
tell application "Finder"
repeat with i in (get selection)
set end of theNames to name of i
end repeat
end tell
set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, return}
set the clipboard to theNames as text
set text item delimiters to TID
end try
Try this, instead of the try block the script checks for empty selection and the fileName is extracted by subtracting the extension if there is one.
set theNames to {}
tell application "Finder"
set theSelection to selection
if theSelection is {} then return
repeat with anItem in theSelection
set {name:fileName, name extension:fileExtension} to anItem
set end of theNames to my removeExtension(fileName, fileExtension)
end repeat
end tell
set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, return}
set the clipboard to theNames as text
set text item delimiters to TID
on removeExtension(Nm, Ex)
if Ex is missing value or Ex is "" then return Nm
return text 1 thru ((count Nm) - (count Ex) - 1) of Nm
end removeExtension
If I select a file in the finder on my local or a remote server, I want the script to paste the POSIX path to the clipboard as text, for pasting in a chat window, etc.
This is what I have so far but it is not very clean:
on run
tell application "Finder"
copy selection to theSelected
set outputPathList to {}
set anItem to theSelected
copy (POSIX path of (anItem as alias)) to end of outputPathList
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set outputString to outputPathList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set the clipboard to outputString
end tell
end run
Any ideas on how to clean this up?
on run
tell application "Finder"
set theItem to selection as string
end tell
set posixForm to POSIX path of theItem
set the clipboard to posixForm
end run
The property selection of the Finder returns a list of Finder specifiers.
This script copies all POSIX paths (one per line) to the clipboard.
tell application "Finder" to set theSelection to (get selection)
if theSelection is {} then return
set outputPathList to {}
repeat with anItem in theSelection
set end of outputPathList to POSIX path of (anItem as text)
end repeat
set {TID, text item delimiters} to {text item delimiters, return}
set the clipboard to outputPathList as text
set text item delimiters to TID
I am trying to get this script to click "replace all" using keystrokes.
I am getting an error:
"System Events got an error: Can’t get button \"Replace All\"." number
-1728 from button "Replace All"
tell application "Mail"
set theSenderList to {}
set theMessages to the selected messages of message viewer 0
repeat with aMessage in theMessages
set end of theSenderList to {address of to recipient of aMessage, " OR"}
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
set the clipboard to (theSenderList as string)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to " "
beep
end tell
set clip to (the clipboard as text)
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1 to tell sheet 1 to tell table 1
set value of cell "a9" to clip
end tell
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1 to tell sheet 1 to tell table 1
set value of cell "b9" to current date
end tell
tell application "Numbers"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
delay 1.0
keystroke "f" using command down
keystroke "#gmail.com"
keystroke tab
keystroke ""
delay 2
click button "Replace All"
end tell
It appears that you are trying to replace the occurrence of "#gmail.com" in a bunch of email addresses with blanks, thus deleting that portion of the address. You could do that much more easily in plain AppleScript:
set targetAddresses to {"fred#gmail.com", "wilma#gmail.com", "barney#gmail.com"}
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "#gmail.com"
set fixedAddresses to {}
repeat with eachAddress in targetAddresses
set end of fixedAddresses to text item 1 of eachAddress
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to astid
fixedAddresses
-->{"fred", "wilma", "barney"}
Is this close to what you are trying to achieve?
I am using the code below to open youtube with google query in applescript as the new google does not carry my search string to youtube.Unable to open url in firefix with the google search string in firefox. I really appreciate any help.Thanks in advance.
I am getting an error here :
tell application "Firefox" to activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "l" using command down
keystroke "c" using command down
set tr to get the clipboard
end tell
return trimgoogle(tr)
on trimgoogle(sourceAddress)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"#"}
set addressParts to (every text item in sourceAddress) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly to item 2 of addressParts
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"&"}
set addressParts2 to (every text item in nameOnly) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly1 to item 1 of addressParts2
set nameOnly2 to nameOnly1
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"="}
set addressParts21 to (every text item in nameOnly2) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly12 to item 2 of addressParts21
set newurl to "http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=" & nameOnly12
return newurl
end trimgoogle
tell application "Firefox"
OpenURL newurl
end tell
Try this:
tell application "Firefox"
open location newurl
end tell
EDIT:
Firefox does not activate itself automatically, so I just tried this:
tell application "Firefox"
activate
open location "http://www.wikipedia.com/"
end tell
which works here.
Here more about encoding text:
http://www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-08.html
EDIT2:
OK, I see what you mean, that would be solved like this:
tell application "Firefox" to activate
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "l" using command down
keystroke "c" using command down
set tr to get the clipboard
end tell
set newurl to my trimgoogle(tr)
tell application "Firefox"
activate
open location newurl
end tell
on trimgoogle(sourceAddress)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"#"}
set addressParts to (every text item in sourceAddress) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly to item 2 of addressParts
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"&"}
set addressParts2 to (every text item in nameOnly) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly1 to item 1 of addressParts2
set nameOnly2 to nameOnly1
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {"="}
set addressParts21 to (every text item in nameOnly2) as list
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
set nameOnly12 to item 2 of addressParts21
set newurl to "http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=" & nameOnly12
return newurl
end trimgoogle
I have the following code to copy paths of multiple selected items in Finder:
activate application "Finder"
tell application "Finder"
set theSel to (selection of application "Finder")
set pathList to {}
repeat with anItem in theSel
set the end of pathList to quoted form of (POSIX path of (anItem as alias))
end repeat
set savedDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "
"
set the clipboard to pathList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to savedDelimiters
end tell
The only problem is that it results in this:
'/Applications/Burn.app/'
'/Applications/Caffeine.app/'
'/Applications/Calculator.app/'
Thats' basically what I want, but I don't want those damn singlue quotes in there. How do I get rid of them? I already tried just removing quoted form of but without luck.
Thanks!
all you have to do is take out "quoted form of "
activate application "Finder"
tell application "Finder"
set theSel to (selection of application "Finder")
set pathList to {}
repeat with anItem in theSel
set the end of pathList to (POSIX path of (anItem as alias))
end repeat
set savedDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "
"
set the clipboard to pathList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to savedDelimiters
end tell