Re: getting URL of front web page (addendum)
Re: getting URL of front web page (addendum)
- Subject: Re: getting URL of front web page (addendum)
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:13:00 +0000
Thank you for the error as I do occasionally have to resort to IE (Safari being in beta) and your Safari:IE tip will be very handy
Thanks to all who responded.
Kind regards
Oz
At 22:23 +0000 26/03/2003, Mr Tea wrote:
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This from Mr Tea - dated 26/3/03 10714 pm:
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> This from OzSprings - dated 26/3/03 9731 pm:
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>> Is is possible to Applescript copying the URL of the frontmost web
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>> page from Safari (which is what I am using) or another browser?
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> Yes. The precise terminology required needs to be checked in each browser's
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> scripting dictionary, but a Safari to IE transfer would look like this:
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> tell application "Safari" to set theURL to URL of the front document
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> tell application "Internet Explorer" to OpenURL theURL
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Er, I read the last three words of the passage I quoted as '_to_ another
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browser', rather than 'or'. Which is why the script I proposed effected a
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browser to browser transfer. Useful for pages that don't work right in
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Safari, but not much good if you want to get the URL into FMP (as per
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OzSprings' original request). No matter. The syntax for getting the URL
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still applies. Safari doesn't need to be frontmost, and the value of
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'theURL' is simply a string containing the URL. You can take it anywhere.
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;-)
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Nick
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pp Mr Tea
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