Re: Accessing raw alis data via AppleScript
Re: Accessing raw alis data via AppleScript
- Subject: Re: Accessing raw alis data via AppleScript
- From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:09:34 -0700
On 2009-03-15, at 11:55:56, Steven Audette wrote: I would like to get/set the raw data of an Alias ('alis') in AppleScript.
For example, if you run: set foo to path to current application
AEPrint (in Script Debugger) shows the type of foo to be: 'alis'($000000000180 ...... 012F00FFFF0000$)
I want to extract the value inside 'alis' into a variable. Later, I want re-create this 'alis' with that data which can later be resolved and used within the AppleScript again as a regular Alias.
I have tried coercing the value into another type (string, text, data, etc), but it always results in an error. Are their any tricks to accessing this raw data?
One possibility is to write them to a file on disk and read them again later. Here, only one alias being stored and retrieved but it should be possible to store lists of them in the same file.
set fpath to (path to desktop as text) & "alias.storage" set p2a to path to current application set res to missing value try set f to open for access fpath with write permission write p2a to f close access f on error errs number errn try close access f end try return errs end try try set f to open for access fpath set res to (read f as alias) close access f on error errs number errn try close access f end try return errs end try res
Philip Aker echo email@hidden@nl | tr a-z@. p-za-o.@ Democracy: Two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
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