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On 2007-13-10, at 04:19, Nikita Zhuk wrote:

I'm developing an application which communicates with iPhoto via AppleScript. My application tracks some iPhoto albums by using their numeric album IDs, which are read from the AlbumData.xml file generated by iPhoto. A requirement of my application is to be able to change names of iPhoto albums by using their numeric album IDs. Since I don't see any way to say this directly in AppleScript (i.e. "set name of album with id 123 to 'TheNewName"), I use a loop where I loop through all iPhoto albums, check whether album's ID is the same integer as my id and set name of the found album.

Hi Nikita,

AlbumData.xml is just a property list. So theoretically, you could use System Events property list AppleScript, CFPropertyList (C language), or make a kludge with the 'defaults' shell tool.

Here's an example of a 3 way mapping that you might be able to make use of:

set f to ((path to pictures folder as text) & "iPhoto Library:AlbumData.xml")

set ppath to POSIX path of f

tell application "System Events"

set pfile to property list file ppath

set albums to property list item "List of Albums" of pfile

set total to {value} of every property list item of albums

set alist to item 1 of total

set res to {}

repeat with album in alist

set aname to |AlbumName| of album

set idnum to |AlbumId| of album

set end of res to {aname, idnum, idnum as integer}

end repeat

res

end tell

Philip Aker

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References:
	>Getting iPhoto album ID with AppleScript (From: Nikita Zhuk <email@hidden>)