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RE: replacing characters in filenames
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RE: replacing characters in filenames


  • Subject: RE: replacing characters in filenames
  • From: "Jan-Bultereys" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:15:21 +0100
  • Thread-topic: replacing characters in filenames

thanks Yvan,

Yes it works fine now, thanks for finding this out.

best regards,jan

> ----------
> From: 	applescript-users-bounces+jan.bultereys=email@hidden on behalf of yvan-koenig
> Sent: 	Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:49 AM
> To: 	Applescript Users
> Subject: 	Re: replacing characters in filenames
>
> Hello
>
> It was really a problem of encoding.
>
> Just edit this handler:
>
>
> on createList(item_list)
> 	set the the_items to list folder item_list without invisibles
> 	set item_list to item_list as string
> 	repeat with i from 1 to number of items in the the_items
> 		set the_item to item i of the the_items
> 		set the_item to (item_list & the_item) as alias
> 		set this_info to info for the_item
> 		set the item_name to the (name of this_info) as text -- EDITED HERE
> 		if item_name contains search_string then
> 			set changedFile to ((the_item as string) & return)
> 			set changedFileLog to (((path to desktop folder) as text) &
> "ChangedFileLog.txt")
> 			my write_to_file(changedFile, changedFileLog, true)
> 			my replaceString(item_name, the_item, search_string,
> replacement_string)
> 		end if
> 		if folder of this_info is true then
> 			my createList(the_item)
> 		end if
> 	end repeat
> end createList
>
>
> The UNICODE encoded name is now coerced as ASCII text and all works
> fine !!
>
> Yvan KOENIG
>
>
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