Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1258 - 12 msgs
Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1258 - 12 msgs
- Subject: Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1258 - 12 msgs
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 18:37:47 -0500
- Organization: [very little]
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Today's Topics:
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1. Fast Start (Landis)
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2. Re: Files to Text-file (Emmanuel)
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3. Re: Folder Actions Memory Q. (Marc K. Myers)
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4. Re: Getting a folder based on creation date (Nigel Garvey)
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5. Re:Scripting Canto Cumulus 5.010 (Mark Bj=?ISO-8859-1?B?5g==?=rgager)
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6. ANNOUNCE: osaxen.com supports XML-RPC (email@hidden)
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7. ANNOUNCE: osaxen.com supports XML-RPC (email@hidden)
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8. Re: Getting a folder based on creation date (Frank Miedreich)
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9. ANNOUNCE: Image Info 0.9 Beta (David Lloyd)
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10. Re: Folder Actions Memory Q. (John McAdams)
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11. Does "rounding" work in OS 9.2.1 (email@hidden)
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12. Re: Mirror Project XMLRPC (Jeremy Reichman)
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Message: 1
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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:18:42 -0800
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To: email@hidden, email@hidden
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From: Landis <email@hidden>
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Subject: Fast Start
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Anyone know if there is a way to AppleScript the export of a QTVR
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movie as a Fast Start QTVR Movie using Quicktime Player Pro? The
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dictionary entry for export is as follows:
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can export reference -- the movie or track to export
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as AVI/BMP/DV stream/FLC/hinted movie/image
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sequence/picture/QuickTime movie/AIFF/System 7
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sound/wave/MuLaw/standard MIDI/text file -- the desired file type
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Unfortunately Fast Start isn't there (Should be right before FLC).
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Anyone know a way around this?
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Thanks,
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Landis
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Message: 2
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:21:28 +0100
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To: Scott Earleywine <email@hidden>, Apple AppleScript List
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<email@hidden>
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From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Files to Text-file
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At 4:39 +0100 30/10/01, Scott Earleywine wrote:
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>I would like this script to be a droplet...that is, just drop the 'highest'
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>folder onto it, and the script would navigate all the folders and find all
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>the
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>files and create the text file.
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Sorry for being behind.
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There is a Smile's goodie which does exactly that ("Catalog"). Check:
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<http://homepage.mac.com/satimage/>
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Emmanuel
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Message: 3
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 03:00:32 -0500
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From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
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Reply-To: email@hidden
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Organization: [very little]
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: Folder Actions Memory Q.
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> Date: 30 Oct 2001 21:19:58 -0500
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> From: "J. Kiely Jr." <email@hidden>
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> Subject: Folder Actions Memory Q.
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> To: AS Users List <email@hidden>
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> Reply-To: "J. Kiely Jr." <email@hidden>
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> List,
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> Lately my Folder Actions have been giving me headaches.
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> Why would a folder action script give up an "out of memory"
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> error?
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> Basically I have 3 folder actions scripts "on adding items
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> to" type waiting for JPEGs to be added to a folder. Once added the
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> action scripts calls another script (run-only) application to
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> process the image.
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> The "processing" script is mildly involved, about 20 lines
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> of code, but it basically converts RGB JPEGs to CMYK and moves
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> them over Ethernet to an OPI server directory.
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> There is one script each for greyscale, color, and web
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> photos. Each is triggered by their own Folder Action script.
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> The G4 machine has of 600MB of RAM. OS 9.1, Photoshop 6.01
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> & Photoscripter.
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Folder action scripts run under the memory allocation of the Folder
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Actions extension. Depending on how they were activated, scripts called
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my folder action scripts might be run under that allocation as well.
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You might try opening up the extension in ResEdit and increasing the
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memory allocation in the SIZE resource.
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Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
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http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
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4020 W.220th St.
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Fairview Park, OH 44126
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(440) 331-1074
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Message: 4
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Subject: Re: Getting a folder based on creation date
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:26:18 +0000
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From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
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To: "AppleScript Users" <email@hidden>
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Donald Liu wrote on Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:37:37 -0800:
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>Hi all,
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>I'm trying to write a script to get the first folder that was created
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>today on OS 10.1. When I run the following script I get a Finder
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>error saying that it can't make some data into the expected type.
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>What is wrong with the 3rd line? It works fine in OS 9 (after
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>changing the path).
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>Any help and/or work around is appreciated.
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>Thanks (in advance),
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>-donald
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>tell application "Finder"
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> set today to (date "12:00:00 AM") of (current date)
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Wow! I've never seen anything like that. A date of another date! It works
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in both OS 9.0.4 and OS 8.6. The parts specified for the date on the left
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of the 'of' override the equivalent parts of the date on the right. The
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date on the left has to be a partial specification in the same line,
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otherwise it becomes a complete date and overrides *everything* in the
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date on the right. If the line contains two date specifications rather
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than involving a function or a variable, it actually compiles as a
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combined date:
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date "17" of date "6:30"
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--> Compiles (today) as: date "Wednesday, 17 October 2001 06:30:00"
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Is this a bug or a feature?
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By the way, it's still about five times as fast to set midnight of the
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current date in the conventional way:
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set today to (current date)
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set today's time to 0
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Or, if you want it in one line, slightly less instantaneously:
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tell (current date) to set {time, today} to {0, it}
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NG
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Message: 5
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:37:26 +0100
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Subject: Re:Scripting Canto Cumulus 5.010
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From: Mark Bj=?ISO-8859-1?B?5g==?=rgager <email@hidden>
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To: "<email@hidden>"
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<email@hidden>
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Thanks a lot for your reply's to my question regarding Cumulus 5.010.
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Nate suggested that that I should log of the Cumulus client after doing my
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stuff. I modified my script so that it will interact 10 times with Cumulus,
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then close every open collection. The next time it will open up the
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connection again.
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This seems to be a more stable solution, Cumulus does not drop off anymore.
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Regarding OkeyDokey Pro, I do have Cumulus Client added to the response
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list, it still doesn't respond to the Cumulus dialogs.
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It seems like my script is OK now, but I still have some issues with it,
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where Canto didn't think it through (IMHO). Did any of you guys figure this
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one out...
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If you Catalog assets [aFile] and this file IS logged in, it returns
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_nothing_, try this...
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Set aFile to "Macintosh HD:yourimagehere.jpg"
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repeat 2 times
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tell application "Cumulus 5 client"
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set catref to catalog assets aFile to front collection
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end tell
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if catref "" Then beep
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end repeat
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On my mac this script run fine the first time, the second time catref is not
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initialized and it errors out. ! Otherwise I could use this to see if a
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asset were logged in, but instead it fails and I have to assume that it were
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logged in, sucks big time.
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Regards
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Mark
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> Fra: Mark Bjfrgager <email@hidden>
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> Dato: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:18:20 +0100
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> Til: "<email@hidden>"<email@hidden>
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> Emne: Scripting Canto Cumulus 5.010
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> Hello all.
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> I am scripting Cumulus client 5.010 to add images to a Cumulus database, but
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> I am having some troubles with the client. Most often it is that the client
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> drops the connection to the server and Cumulus then shows a warning dialog,
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> from then on the client does not respond to my appleevents.
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> How can I test to see if there's a dialog in front of Cumulus ? How can I
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> remove it, I installed OkeyDokey Pro to see if it would remove any dialogs,
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> but it seems like O-K-P can't "see" the dialogs.
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> Best regards
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> Mark Bjaergager
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Message: 6
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From: email@hidden
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:12:13 +0100
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: osaxen.com supports XML-RPC
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To: email@hidden
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I'm proud to announce the addition of XML-RPC support to osaxen.com, a
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database of scripting additions at macscripter.net. This means that you
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can search for information about scripting additions from within
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AppleScript. OS X 10.1 has native support for XML-RPC and Mark
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Alldritt's XML-RPC library for OS 8/9 works as well (with a few
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limitations). The following six methods are supported:
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findCommand",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findCommand method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found command.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getCommand",
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parameters:"sysoGMT "}
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end tell
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The getCommand method takes the class and event of a command and returns
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a struct (i.e. record) with command information. This includes the name
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and osaxen.com ID of the scripting addition package so that the package
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can easily be downloaded.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findAddition",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findAddition method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found scripting
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addition file.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getAddition",
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parameters:"sysoGMT "}
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end tell
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The getAddition method takes the class and event of a the first command
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in a scripting addition file and returns a struct (i.e. record) with
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osax information. This includes the name and osaxen.com ID of the
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scripting addition package so that the package can easily be downloaded.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findPackage",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findPackage method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found osaxen.
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Similar to the list view at osaxen.com.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getPackage",
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parameters:"xml_tools"}
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end tell
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the getPackage method takes a osax ID as parameter and returns a struct
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(i.e. record) with detailed information about the osax. Similar to the
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detail view at osaxen.com.
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For more information, call system.listMethods (without parameters),
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system.methodHelp (with the name of the method) and
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system.method.Signature (with the name of the method).
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XML-RPC offers a number of very interesting possibilities. A script
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could automatically locate and download a scripting addition that it
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needs to work properly. Or XML-RPC could provide additional
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functionality to AppleScript (sort of like a web scripting addition).
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- Martin
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Message: 7
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From: email@hidden
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:17:04 +0100
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: osaxen.com supports XML-RPC
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To: email@hidden
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I'm proud to announce the addition of XML-RPC support to osaxen.com, a
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database of scripting additions at macscripter.net. This means that you
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can search for information about scripting additions from within
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AppleScript. OS X 10.1 has native support for XML-RPC and Mark
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Alldritt's XML-RPC library for OS 8/9 works as well (with a few
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limitations). The following six methods are supported:
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findCommand",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findCommand method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found command.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getCommand",
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parameters:"sysoGMT "}
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end tell
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The getCommand method takes the class and event of a command and returns
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a struct (i.e. record) with command information. This includes the name
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and osaxen.com ID of the scripting addition package so that the package
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can easily be downloaded.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findAddition",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findAddition method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found scripting
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addition file.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getAddition",
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parameters:"sysoGMT "}
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end tell
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The getAddition method takes the class and event of a the first command
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in a scripting addition file and returns a struct (i.e. record) with
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osax information. This includes the name and osaxen.com ID of the
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scripting addition package so that the package can easily be downloaded.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.findPackage",
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parameters:"mail"}
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end tell
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the findPackage method takes a search string as parameter and returns a
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struct (i.e. record) with basic information about the found osaxen.
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Similar to the list view at osaxen.com.
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tell application "http://www.osaxen.com/xmlrpc.php";
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return call xmlrpc {method name:"osaxen.getPackage",
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parameters:"xml_tools"}
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end tell
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the getPackage method takes a osax ID as parameter and returns a struct
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(i.e. record) with detailed information about the osax. Similar to the
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detail view at osaxen.com.
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For more information, call system.listMethods (without parameters),
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system.methodHelp (with the name of the method) and
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system.method.Signature (with the name of the method).
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XML-RPC offers a number of very interesting possibilities. A script
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could automatically locate and download a scripting addition that it
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needs to work properly. Or XML-RPC could provide additional
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functionality to AppleScript (sort of like a web scripting addition).
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- Martin
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Message: 8
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:19:49 +0100
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To: email@hidden
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From: Frank Miedreich <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Getting a folder based on creation date
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Hi,
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AFAIK the creation date of a file is not available on certain
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filesystems, e.g UFS, NFS volumes, and some Mac OS X disks. Try to
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access the creation date of individual files on this disk, and wrap
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the code in a try catch block to get the exact error message.
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You can also try to use the "info for" scripting addition. If this
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fails, or lists the creation date as "missing value", then the file
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system does not support creation dates.
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frank
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At 17:37 Uhr -0800 30.10.2001, Donald Liu wrote:
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>Hi all,
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>I'm trying to write a script to get the first folder that was
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>created today on OS 10.1. When I run the following script I get a
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>Finder error saying that it can't make some data into the expected
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>type. What is wrong with the 3rd line? It works fine in OS 9 (after
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>changing the path).
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>Any help and/or work around is appreciated.
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>Thanks (in advance),
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>-donald
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>tell application "Finder"
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> set today to (date "12:00:00 AM") of (current date)
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> set todaysbuild to first folder in folder
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>"Volumes:Scratch:Builds:" of startup disk whose creation date is
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>greater than today
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>end tell
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Message: 9
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Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 02:00:10 +1100
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Image Info 0.9 Beta
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From: David Lloyd <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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Hello all,
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I've made an update to Image Info to include some new features and fixes...
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(Image Info is an AppleScript library which returns information about image
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files without loading the whole image into memory. Because it does not need
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to open the whole image, it returns the info very quickly. Image Info runs
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on all Macintosh system from 7.5 to OS X.)
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New:
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- Added support for vector EPS's, returning document fonts and colors.
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- Added TIFF encoding info (Mac, IBM).
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- Added EPS encoding info (Binary, Ascii).
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- Added EPS type info (Raster, Vector).
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- Added EPS compression info (JPEG)
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- Added Photoshop extra channels info.
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- Added a "Sort by Resolution" example script.
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Fixed and changed:
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- JPEGs now return their info a bit faster.
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- Fixed resolution info from very large TIFFs with very high resolutions.
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- Fixed returned info of Photoshop multichannel color mode.
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- Fixed returned resolutions for EXIF type JPEGs.
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- Now only returns info for the composite part of multiple file DCS files.
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(Skips the plate files.)
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- Fixed a bug in the "Sort landscape & portrait" script.
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- and several others
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------
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Original description:
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Currently supported image file formats:
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- TIFF (Macintosh & IBM PC formats)
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- JPEG
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- PICT
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- BMP (Windows bitmap)
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- 8BPS (Photoshop, only versions 2.5 and above)
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- PNG
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- PNTG (Macpaint)
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- PCX (PC PaintBrush)
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- GIFf (Compuserve gif)
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- ..CT (Scitex CT)
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- Raster EPS (Photoshop)
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- DCS EPS (Photoshop DCS 1.0 and DCS 2.0)
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- Vector EPS
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For each type listed above, Image Info returns the following information:
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- Height (as pixels, except vector EPS's, which return as points)
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- Width (as pixels, except vector EPS's, which return as points)
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- Resolution (as dots per inch) (except vector EPS's, which return "N/A")
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- Color mode (bitmap, grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Indexed, Multichannel or Lab)
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- (except vector EPS's, which return "N/A")
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Some image types return extra information:
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TIFF
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- Compression (CCITT, LZW and Packbits),
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- Encoding (Mac, IBM)
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BMP
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- Compression (RLE4, RLE8 and Bitfields)
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Photoshop
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- Number of extra channels
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Raster EPS
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- Encoding (Binary, Ascii, JPEG))
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- Compression (JPEG)
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Vector EPS
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- Document fonts
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- Document spot colors
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To download a copy (76 kb), go to: http://www.kanzu.com
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This beta expires at on November 15.
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Best regards,
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David Lloyd
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email: email@hidden
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web: http://www.kanzu.com
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Message: 10
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:48:04 -0500
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Subject: Re: Folder Actions Memory Q.
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From: John McAdams <email@hidden>
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To: <email@hidden>
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I have been getting these out of memory errors too. I also get an error:
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"This folder action script has no resources." My script builds a quark doc
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from images and text files which are moved to the folder action folder by
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another script. It runs on a variety of machines but all have at lesast OS
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9.1 and AS 1.6.
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Should we stop using folder actions? Will they be added to OS X?
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Thanks,
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jmc
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PS:
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I used to run a little AppleScript SIG at NYMUG, which has closed (I was
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terrible at it but I miss it). Is anyone interested in starting a AS SIG in
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Manhattan?
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> Lately my Folder Actions have been giving me headaches.
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> Why would a folder action script give up an "out of memory"
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> error?
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Message: 11
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From: <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Does "rounding" work in OS 9.2.1
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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:11:48 -0600
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I'm putting together a little script to add selection sizes in the Finder. I
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just need a rounded integer for the size. I can't get the rounding script
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addition to work. It is in there that I checked. This compiles fine.
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set theSizeTotal to 0
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tell application "Finder"
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activate
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set theSelections to every item of selection
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repeat with theItem in theSelections
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set itemSize to size of theItem
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set itemSize to (itemSize / 1024 / 1024)
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set theSizeTotal to (theSizeTotal + itemSize)
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end repeat
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round theSizeTotal rounding as taught in school
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display dialog theSizeTotal - I would like this to end up an integer
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end tell
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Anyone? Rounding, anyone?
Try this:
set theSizeTotal to (round theSizeTotal rounding as taught in school)
(You didn't do anything with the result!)
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
(440) 331-1074
[10/31/01 6:36:53 PM]