Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
- Subject: Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
- From: Robert Seckendorf <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:01:58 -0800
Thanks for the info Emmanuel...
Rob S.
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From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
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Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:34:31 +0100
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To: Robert Seckendorf <email@hidden>,
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Subject: Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
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At 17:29 +0100 5/02/01, Robert Seckendorf wrote:
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> set fileRef to a reference to the file "disk:folder:file"
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> tell application "Adobe. Photoshop. 5.5"
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> activate
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> open file fileRef
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> end tell
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Think of "a reference to" as a text shortcut: AppleScript will just replace
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genuinely any mention to "fileRef" with what it refers to, without even
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trying to evaluate it: you can make a reference to file "not_a_disk:
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not_a_file".
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So, you're just running:
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tell app... to open file file "disk:folder:file"
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obviously not what you meant.
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Note that a usual way of opening a file is to use Finder's dictionary:
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tell application "Finder" to open alias theFilePath using alias theAppPath
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HTH
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Emmanuel