Simple Pict conversion help
Simple Pict conversion help
- Subject: Simple Pict conversion help
- From: Dave Groover <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 09:22:07 -0500
Sorry if this is elementary, but I need to figure out how to do a
simple file conversion via AppleScript. I booted back into 9 as X has
no way to record finder actions. I was hoping to record the procedure
once and learn from the process.
I am not sure I even need an application for this as it should be
something the system is already capable of doing. I was trying, in 9,
to record the script editor while dropping a file on the file
converter utility, with no luck. I also tried recording the opening
of Graphic Converter and changing the file types. No luck there
either. I keep getting a system error number 17??.
The whole point of this is to create a drop folder action where I can
drag gifs or JPEGS off the Internet and convert them to a simple pict
file. No tweaking, just convert. I would like it to be set up as a
batch process but really one at a time would do nicely. I suppose it
really wouldn't matter what format it was in to start, so long as
converting the file type to pict would work.
I have searched my disks for an example of this. I also searched my
old AppleScript list archive files. I would have thought I had or had
seen an example of this sort of thing before but, I could not find
even one. I know this is a fairly common use of AS, to batch convert
files for Quark, Photoshop and web folks.
Is there a snippet of code, or an example, I can get my hands on to
tell me how to do this? Thanks much.
Dave
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