Re: closing MSWord files
Re: closing MSWord files
- Subject: Re: closing MSWord files
- From: Bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:14:52 -0500
- Organization: Apex Radiology
To change the file type you can use one of the following two OSAXen:
Set File Info of : ) Fridiric RINALDI's XCMD OSAX
set file creator: "Resource Access (ppc)" OSAX, 1.0, ) 1999 Marc Palluat de Besset
http://www.chez.com/mpalluat/";
Carl West wrote:
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I get the feeling that somehow I'm not closing the MS Word files
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properly in the script below. I'm opening a .doc file and saving it as a
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.txt file, then I want to change it's type and creator, but I get an
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error that says:
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Can't set file type of <valid pathname>
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The code in question:
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set fileNameString to (curFile as string) -- from the on open list
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set fileName to ObjectNameFromPath(fileNameString) -- as above but
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without the extension
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tell application "Microsoft Word"
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activate
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open fileNameString
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do Visual Basic " <VB that saves the file as a text file>"
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set text item delimiters of AppleScript to ":"
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close window (the last text item of (fileName & ".txt"))
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end tell
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set theFile to fileName & ".txt"
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tell application "Finder"
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set the file type of theFile to "TEXT" --<<<<<<< this is where it
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barfs >>>>
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set the creator type of theFile to "ttxt"
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end tell
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All by itself as it's own droplet this works fine:
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on open x
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repeat with tFile in x
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tell application "Finder"
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set the file type of tFile to "TEXT"
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set the creator type of tFile to "ttxt"
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end tell
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end repeat
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end open
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Any pointers? I'm new at this and I'm stuck.
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--
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Carl West email@hidden
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617.262.8830 x246
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I have no superfluous leisure; my stay must be
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stolen out of other affairs; but I will attend you awhile.
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- Isabella, Measure for Measure, Act 3 Scene 1
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