Re: New to Applescript
Re: New to Applescript
- Subject: Re: New to Applescript
- From: Steve Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:52:06 +0100
Guy,
For what you're describing - including the Windows aspect but also because you mentioned Dropbox - you might want to look at www.ifttt.com. It's free and a very clever service.
Steve
Fat fingers and a small keyboard - what could possibly go wrong? Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Apr 2013, at 15:22, Guy LaRochelle <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'll introduce myself. I am Guy LaRochelle from Canada. I was a computer programmer at one time in the late 80s and early 90s before I started the grain farming business. I always loved the Macs. Unfortunately I've been away from Mac programming for awhile now. It has sure changed. I ran across AppleScript one day as well as this list and i've been dabbling with it a little. Its really intrigued me. I have a little task in my office right now and I am wondering if AppleScript could solve it. Here goes:
>
> I have a book keeper who works for me and she uses a program called Farmworks. It is a Windows application that I run using Parallels (it is the only windows application I use just because I have no choice. Lol). When she is done the books for the day she does a backup of the data through Farmworks. I would like her to copy this file to another folder on the desktop. When she does this I would like an Applescript to look in a DropBox folder and trash the previous backup and copy the new backup to the Dropbox folder. The backup always has a .ZIP extension. I'm thinking that possibly there is a way that an Applescript can be used to activate this procedure every time a file with a .zip extension is copied to this folder. Unless possibly there is a way that a script could be used to activate the backup procedure in Farmworks running under Parallels. That would be even better but I don't know if Applescript could control an application running under Windows.
>
>
> Is this possible? If so could some of you guys help me with some examples? Thanks. -Guy
>
> LaRochelle Farm Inc
> Zenon Park, SK
>
> Phone: (306) 767-2523
> Cell: (306) 862-8887
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