Re: Read/Write Question
Re: Read/Write Question
- Subject: Re: Read/Write Question
- From: JJ <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 12:20:21 +0200
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I have a disk full of Adobe Illustrator files sent to us by a customer
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(12GB). Because the files were previously stored on a different disk with a
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different name all the paths for images used by the files are no longer
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valid. So every time a mac artist opens the file it asks for the location of
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every image placed (eps, tif, etc).
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I would like to fix the paths using AppleScript. This (I think) will involve
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using the read/write commands to open each file, search the file for a
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placed image and update the path to the image's new position.
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So, my questions are as follows:
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1. The files are large - 1MB to over 40MB. How should I read the files? Will
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it possible to read the file into a variable in one go? Or should I read it
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in chunks?
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2. How should I do the search and replace? With AppleScript's text item
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delimiters? Or a search and replace handler? An example would be "Customer
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Disk:Logos:Logo.eps" to be replaced with "Work Volume:Customer
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Folder:Logos:Logo.eps".
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3. Is FindFile osax the fastest way to search for the image's new location?
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Thanks for any input.
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You can do two things:
Make a long applescript & emulate your customer's HD. If your customer's
disk is called "Customer Disk", then you can mount a image disk named
"Customer Disk" with folder & subfolders ("Images", "Logos"), using
ShrinkWrap or other disk mounter.
I've made an applescript to change EPS fonts. Basically, it reads a large
(or not) EPS file, and writes the search-replaced text to a new file
(chunks).
You can download it (as example) at
http://www.geocities.com/julifos/changeEPSfonts.sit
(15K, requires Dialog Director & Akua Sweets)
It isn't the last version, but works