Apple

tell application "Preview"

activate

end tell

tell application "System Events"

tell application process "Preview"

title of every window

--> {"soucoupe YK.png", "Sans titre"}

properties of window 1

--> {minimum value:missing value, orientation:missing value, position:{971, 173}, class:window, role description:"fenêtre standard", accessibility description:missing value, focused:false, title:"soucoupe YK.png", size:{408, 279}, value:missing value, help:missing value, enabled:missing value, maximum value:missing value, role:"AXWindow", entire contents:{}, subrole:"AXStandardWindow", selected:missing value, name:"soucoupe YK.png", description:"fenêtre standard"}

end tell

I'm puzzled because I don't get the properties listed in System Events dictionary :

window n [inh. item; see also Processes Suite] : A window.

elements

contained by application, processes, UI elements.

properties

bounds (rectangle) : The bounding rectangle of the window.

closeable (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window has a close box.

document (document, r/o) : The document whose contents are being displayed in the window.

floating (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window floats.

id (integer, r/o) : The unique identifier of the window.

index (integer) : The index of the window, ordered front to back.

miniaturizable (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window can be miniaturized.

miniaturized (boolean) : Whether the window is currently miniaturized.

modal (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window is the application's current modal window.

name (text) : The full title of the window.

resizable (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window can be resized.

titled (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window has a title bar.

visible (boolean) : Whether the window is currently visible.

zoomable (boolean, r/o) : Whether the window can be zoomed.

zoomed (boolean) : Whether the window is currently zoomed.

In fact I'm able to get these properties only when I 'speak' to the application itself.

Example :

tell application "Numbers"

properties of window 1

--> {zoomed:false, miniaturized:false, name:"Sans titre", floating:false, modal:false, document:document "Sans titre", miniaturizable:true, class:window, closeable:true, resizable:true, zoomable:true, visible:true, id:795, bounds:{1079, 632, 2279, 1479}, titled:true, index:1}

end tell

But this piece of code apply only when the app is scriptable.

In other words, how may I get the path of a document which is open in a non scriptable application like Preview ?

Searching in old threads I found one which allowed me to write :

activate application "Preview"

tell application "System Events" to tell application process "Preview"

title of every window

--> {"soucoupe YK.png", "Sans titre"}

set theURL to value of attribute "AXDocument" of window 1

Leaves theURL undefined if the document was never saved before.

If the doc was saved once, returns something like

"file://localhost/Important/pour ebay/soucoupe YK.png"*)

end tell

try

theURL

scheme 1 with Satimage *)

alias of (URL info for theURL)

--> alias "Macintosh HD:Important:pour ebay:soucoupe YK.png"

scheme 2 with Satimage *)

unescapeURL theURL

--> "file://localhost/Important/pour ebay/soucoupe YK.png"

(POSIX file result) as alias

--> alias "Macintosh HD:Important:pour ebay:soucoupe YK.png"

on error

"never saved"

end try

Am'I really forced to trigger Satimage to unescape theURL ?

Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 12 février 2012 15:57:44