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Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes

Title: Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
On 3/5/07 14:39, "Arnaud Nicolet" <email@hidden> wrote:

Le 5 mars 07 à 21:27 Soir, John C. Welch a écrit:

On 3/5/07 13:59, "TjL" <email@hidden> wrote:
 
 > I am trying to make a folder action for a folder where files get downloaded.
 >
 > When the download *completes* I want to move (or copy) the file to a
 > different folder and then open the moved or copied version (if copy,
 > open the copied version not the original.
 >
 > So far I have the move part  down:
 >
 > on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
 > tell application "Finder"
 > repeat with aFile in added_items
 > move aFile to folder "Downloads" of desktop
 > end repeat
 > end tell
 > end adding folder items to
 >
 > but the open part doesn't seem to work.  It doesn't seem to wait until
 > the download completes perhaps?
 
 Known issue. You have to loop-check the file sizes and compare.
 
 I have a bit of canned code I use on a 3-second delay:
 
 on adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theAddedItems
     tell application "Finder" to set theFolderName to name of theFolder
     repeat with x in theAddedItems
         set theFileInfo to info for x --get info for the downloading file(s)
         set theBaseSize to size of theFileInfo --get initial size
         delay 3 --wait 3 seconds
         set theFileInfo to info for x --get info again
         set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
         repeat while theCompareSize ≠ theBaseSize --if they don't equal, loop until they do
             set theBaseSize to theCompareSize --new base size
             delay 3 --wait three seconds
             set theFileInfo to info for x --get info
             set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
         end repeat --once the sizes match, the download is done
     end repeat
     
      --do other stuff here   
    
 end adding folder items to

Is it not faster to check for the file extension?

That only works if you only ever use Safari to download. Other applications/methods don’t use that convention. This doesn’t really delay things more than a few seconds, and unless you’re staring at the screen, you’re not really going to notice it.

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