Re: Identifying the file types
Re: Identifying the file types
- Subject: Re: Identifying the file types
- From: Hanaan Rosenthal <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:16:00 -0500
- Organization: Custom Flow Solutions
Hello Takashi,
tell application "System Events"
set firstFilePath to file 1 of photos as alias
end tell
set fileType to file type of (info for firstFilePath)
set nameExt to name extension of (info for firstFilePath)
--test for both file type and name ext of first file:
if fileType is not in {"tiff", "GIF ", "JPEG"} and nameExt is not in {"gif", "jpg",
"tif"} then --add more file types...
--not a picture file...
--Exit
end if
Hanaan
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Hi all,
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I'm writing a simple drag and drop application that will begin a
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slideshow of the photographs.
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User is supposed to drag a folder containing photos or selections of
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photo files into the application and the application will launch
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GraphicConverter to begin the slideshow.
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It's simple enough and I've already got it to work. The thing is, is
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there any reliable way to check whether the files dropped into the
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application are pictures? File extension is not really a reliable way
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to correctly identify the file types and I'm not sure if checking the
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file types or creator type are reliable (do Mac OS X applications still
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keep these information around?)
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Anyway, here's a script that I've got so far.
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on run
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display dialog "Please drag and drop a folder that contains your
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pictures." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 giving up after 10 with icon
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note
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end run
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on open photos
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-- there should some kind of error checking here before going into
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slideshow mode.
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tell application "GraphicConverter"
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-- bring the GraphicConverter to the front and begin the
slideshow
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activate
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slideshow photos
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end tell
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end open
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Thanks,
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Takashi Yoshida
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e-mail: email@hidden
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