Re: Questions from Newbie
Re: Questions from Newbie
- Subject: Re: Questions from Newbie
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 14:11:21 -0800
On 2/28/01 3:27 AM, Max Salven <email@hidden> wrote:
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Also, I'd appreciate tips on how to parse the "item_comments" properly. All
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I want it to do is take the right 36 characters, and then the left 32
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characters. In VBScript (ugh) it would be something as simple as this:
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item_comments = left(right(item_comments,36),32)
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But how do I do it in apple script?
text -36 through -5 of item_comments
this means take the text starting with the 36th character from the right
through the fifth character from the right.
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The error I get is:
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"Can't get comment of: {alias "System: Desktop Folder: File Created by Max
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Salven - .0"}."
That's because you have a list of aliases. You need to step through the
list.
on open this_item
tell application "Finder"
activate
repeat with each_item in this_item
set the item_comments to the comment of this_item
--if the item_comments is not "" then [parse the comments]
if the item_comments is not "" then set name of this_item to
item_comments
end repeat
end tell
end open
--Michelle
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