Re: Problems with folder actions
Re: Problems with folder actions
- Subject: Re: Problems with folder actions
- From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:07:31 -0600
Thanks Axel,
Apparently the script I'm creating is wrong. Could you send me the script that works?
TIA,
On Sep 7, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Axel Luttgens wrote:
> Le 6 sept. 2011 à 23:40, Robert Poland a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> OS 10.6.8.
>>
>> Now that I have a working script I can't seem to remember how to get it to work as a folder action.
>>
>> The Folder Actions Setup won't link to anything that I can find.I've tried the Universal Scripts folder, all three Library Scripts folders and the Automator folder.
>>
>> Didn't see anything helpful on Google.
>>
>> Per "The Definitive Guide" (2004) I created ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts and put the script in there. I tried to go to the contextual menu and choose Enable Folder Actions but that doesn't exist.
>>
>> I've tried a script and an app but neither are selectable.
>
> No problem here, on Lion.
> I quickly wrote a script implementing your "set label index of ... to 0/3", saved it as
> ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/robert.scpt
> then created a folder "robert" on my desktop, ctrl-clicked it and selected contextual menu's item "Configuration des actions de dossier..." (second item from the bottom).
> The dialog that opened was crystal clear, and allowed to attach "robert.scpt" without any problem.
>
>
>> Are there any current instructions on the subject?
>
> You could have a look at one of AppleScript's "bibles":
>
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf
>
> HTH,
> Axel
>
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