applescript

I am using FMP Advanced 15.0.3 with Mac OX 10.11.6 and can't seem to get/set field values of a set of found records, or indeed reference the fields properly. I have a three table database and one table,called Image_Files, has a container field manually set to store an image externally by...

Hey Guys! I cant get that AppleScript to work in Automator. It opens a Dialog, i can choose the Pictures to process, but fails at calling the exiftool shell script. I dont get it, how to hand over the files to exiftool. Could you guys take a look at it? Thanks in advance! on run {input...

Hey all! I just had an idea, to keep a better archive of versions of TenFourFox (and other applications, if they arise in popularity) while keeping them safely on my iMac G4 server. Would it be possible to have AppleScript or Automator check what version is the latest version of TenFourFox and...

Hi I have put together a spreadsheet in Numbers that I am sharing with someone who is on Windows. So I export it to excel and send to him. However now I need it that he can also update the spreadsheet. Is there any utilities like Automator or Hazel etc I could use so when I drop a numbers file...

Hello everyone. I've been looking for a way to search for a word inside a PDF document without opening it. The Automator function "Search PDF" is broken since OS X El Capitan. When I search for a "content" word, save the automator workflow, close the file and reopen it, the search field is...

Hello, I am trying to output the results from my script for transparency reasons so the end user sees what has run successfully. I know im suppressing errors in my script but could I still output and if so could I output the commands that did go through without error? Below is a small portion...

EDIT: Made a Spotlight script with the help of @eyoungren and @Intell. Thanks for your help! Before reading: This isn't specifically PowerPC related but these only work on PowerPC, and they're made to help out with PowerPC projects, so I'll post them here. Anyway, on to the main post! So, I've...

Hey y’all, I wrote this AppleScript to swap alias files with their original (I have a huge sample library for Logic Pro X, and I’m often relocating individual files; LPX doesn’t do well with aliased samples, but I like keeping them organized!). on run {input, parameters} tell application...

I have another question regarding these dialogs: Is there a way to display the countdown of seconds in the dialog display? Thanks Asu

Hello, I need to capture whether a dialog gave up or not. tell application "Finder" display dialog "Do you want to do something?" giving up after 10 if <did give up after 10> then do one thing else do another thing end if end tell Thanks! Asu

Hi, There are several ways of turning a email into a reminder, but is it possible to be reminded about a email only if it has not been answered within a given amount of time?

I have tried several things, but none is working, so I'm addressing to the forum... The following code does exactly what I want it do do: tell application "Mail" set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {visible:true, sender:"Firstname Lastname <Firstname@telenet.be>"}...

If I add use framework "Foundation" to an applescript, do shell script no longer works. I get an error "Syntax Error, Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier." with 'shell' highlighted in the script. If I remove the 'use framework' line or the 'use framework' line, the script works...

Hi. This is the full working code to suspend and reanimate applications. Code is posted below, as is a zip file with README.txt, Suspend or Reanimate Application script and app files. Description: Some applications do not have a pause button. They take CPU processing power and will not let it...

For a few years now I have been developing a bash script that is a calibrated text mode AudioScope. A guy on here, 'kryten2', if he still on here, helped solve auto recording as a capture for OSX 10.7.5. The original function in my script that works fine is here:- #...

Hi all, I was wondering if anybody might be able to write (or share) an Applescript that would send a PDF "printout" of the current webpage I'm viewing and then insert it into a new note Apple Notes (and ideally, could delete the local PDF once Notes has it). (t's exactly like if I were to...

Hi all there, I'm a complete novice in the area and I'm just learning from Hanaan Rosenthal, Hamish Sanderson "Learn AppleScript. A comprehensive guide, 3rd edition (2010)". I came across this place in a section about constructing references of Part 2.Understanding how application scripting...

Hi, I just signed up! I've been trying to find this answer, but I think I'm going to have to just ask. Hello All. This folder I'm trying to print from a folder that is on a server that I'm connected to via afp over tcp/ip. The folder is called "Network Printer ƒ" and is on the root...

I have seen a few threads regarding apple scripts that can copy the contents of a CD to the desktop; however, I'm truly struggling with this. Can anyone help explain (in some detail) how you would automate the copying of a data CD to a desktop? My preference would be to (1) create a folder...

Hello, Last few year I had couple of minor issues with security of my macbook air. I have firevault installed, antivirus (avast or bitdefender) and firewall on. I do travel a lot and had someone to look at my mac in couple of shady places (3rd world country, not autosized workshop). Is it...