Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
- Subject: Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 15:08:31 -0600
- Thread-topic: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
Title: Re: Folder Action: Move and then open after download completes
On 3/5/07 14:39, "Arnaud Nicolet" <email@hidden> wrote:
Le 5 mars 07 à 21:27 Soir, John C. Welch a écrit:
On 3/5/07 13:59, "TjL" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I am trying to make a folder action for a folder where files get downloaded.
>
> When the download *completes* I want to move (or copy) the file to a
> different folder and then open the moved or copied version (if copy,
> open the copied version not the original.
>
> So far I have the move part down:
>
> on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
> tell application "Finder"
> repeat with aFile in added_items
> move aFile to folder "Downloads" of desktop
> end repeat
> end tell
> end adding folder items to
>
> but the open part doesn't seem to work. It doesn't seem to wait until
> the download completes perhaps?
Known issue. You have to loop-check the file sizes and compare.
I have a bit of canned code I use on a 3-second delay:
on adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theAddedItems
tell application "Finder" to set theFolderName to name of theFolder
repeat with x in theAddedItems
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info for the downloading file(s)
set theBaseSize to size of theFileInfo --get initial size
delay 3 --wait 3 seconds
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info again
set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
repeat while theCompareSize ≠ theBaseSize --if they don't equal, loop until they do
set theBaseSize to theCompareSize --new base size
delay 3 --wait three seconds
set theFileInfo to info for x --get info
set theCompareSize to size of theFileInfo --get a newer size
end repeat --once the sizes match, the download is done
end repeat
--do other stuff here
end adding folder items to
Is it not faster to check for the file extension?
That only works if you only ever use Safari to download. Other applications/methods don’t use that convention. This doesn’t really delay things more than a few seconds, and unless you’re staring at the screen, you’re not really going to notice it.
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