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Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue
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Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue


  • Subject: Re: copy url rom safari to firefox issue
  • From: DealTek <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:22:18 -0700

BTW: I wanted to make sure that firefox would open (in case it was not) so I added a few lines - Is this the best way to make sure firefox is open?

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on safariUrlToFirefox()
	try
		tell application "Safari"
			if document 1 exists then
				set pageURL to URL of document 1
				--say pageURL
				pageURL -- Will error if page has no url.
				--do shell script "open -a Firefox " & quoted form of pageURL
			else
				error "NO DOCUMENT OPEN!"
			end if
		end tell

		tell application "Firefox"
			activate
			do shell script "open -a Firefox " & quoted form of pageURL
		end tell

	on error errMsg number errNum
		set sep to "=============================="
		set e to sep & return & "Error: " & errMsg & return & sep & return ¬
			& "Error Number: " & errNum & return & sep
		beep
		display dialog e
	end try
end safariUrlToFirefox

safariUrlToFirefox()

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On Mar 20, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Christopher Stone wrote:

> Hey Dave,
>
> On Mar 20, 2011, at 12:57, DealTek wrote:
>> do shell script "open -a Firefox " & thisPage
>
> That's handy even if rather kludgy.  Mozilla.org should at least give us a 'do javascript' function; their current Applescript implementation is nearly useless.
>
> On Mar 20, 2011, at 10:43 AM, DealTek wrote:
>> tell application "Safari"
>> 	activate
>> 	set my_URL to the URL in document 1
>> end tell
>
> You were close:
>
> tell application "Safari"
> 	if document 1 exists then
> 		set pageURL to URL of document 1
> 	end if
> end tell
>
> There's no need to 'activate' unless you genuinely want to bring Safari forward.
>
> Not certain what you're trying to accomplish here:
>
>> --Convert Unicode Text of my_URL to Plain text
>> set my_URL to «class ktxt» of ((my_URL as string) as record)
>
> 'class ktxt' doesn't produce really plain text anymore (since Tiger?).
>
> This is unfortunately useless:
>
>> tell application "Firefox"
>> 	activate
>> 	get URL my_URL
>> end tell
>
> Look in Firefox's dictionary, and you will fail to find any such ability.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> on safariUrlToFirefox()
> 	try
> 		tell application "Safari"
> 			if document 1 exists then
> 				set pageURL to URL of document 1
> 				pageURL -- Will error if page has no url.
> 				do shell script "open -a Firefox " & quoted form of pageURL
> 			else
> 				error "NO DOCUMENT OPEN!"
> 			end if
> 		end tell
> 	on error errMsg number errNum
> 		set sep to "=============================="
> 		set e to sep & return & "Error: " & errMsg & return & sep & return ¬
> 			& "Error Number: " & errNum & return & sep
> 		beep
> 		display dialog e
> 	end try
> end safariUrlToFirefox
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> safariUrlToFirefox()
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Chris
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Thanks,
Dave - DealTek
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