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Re: Applescript in the future
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Re: Applescript in the future


  • Subject: Re: Applescript in the future
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 11:43:49 +1000

On 23/05/2013, at 10:43 AM, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:

> Are the docs for that in the NSURL reference class, the file system programming guide or where?

I can't remember where I read it, but I think it was something Chris Nebel said. But...

The dictionary (wrongly) says it requires an alias. This is a mistake in the scripting dictionary template; it should say 'file'. (This mistake has been around in app dictionaries forever...) But when you pass a path, Cocoa scripting can turn it into a file, so you can often get away with passing a path.

The problem is that you can't tell a sandboxed app to make a file from any old path. But if you pass it a file, which is just a wrapped NSURL, it accepts it the same as if the user picked it in an open panel.

The bottom line: use files or aliases rather than paths when scripting sand-boxed apps.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>


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