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Re: name of the current desktop picture
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Re: name of the current desktop picture


  • Subject: Re: name of the current desktop picture
  • From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 10:11:33 -0600

Thanks Yvan,

Question; Is there a simple way to not trim the extension (JPG for example) from the result?


On May 11, 2014, at 9:34:AM, koenig.yvan <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> Le 11/05/2014 à 16:23, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I know I asked this before but I can’t seem to find the replies.
>>
>> I want th find the name of the current desktop picture.
>>
>> Something like this;
>>
>> tell application "Finder"
>> 	tell "System Preferences"
>> 		tell "Desktop & Screen Saver"
>> 			set x to name of "background picture"
>> 		end tell
>> 	end tell
>> end tell
>> x
>>
>> TIA,
>
>
> Hello Bob
>
> Try this one :
>
> tell application "System Events"
> 	tell application "System Preferences"
> 		activate
> 		(*
> 		# Code used to grab the anchor's names
> 		tell pane id "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
> 			name of its anchors
> 			--> {"DesktopPref", "ScreenSaverPref"}
> 		end tell
> 		*)
> 		reveal anchor "desktopPref" of pane id "com.apple.preference.desktopscreeneffect"
> 		delay 0.5
> 	end tell -- application "System Preferences"
>
> 	tell process "System Preferences"
> 		tell window 1 -- "Desktop"
> 			set currentBackgound to value of first static text of first tab group
> 		end tell
> 	end tell -- process "System Preferences"
> 	tell application "System Preferences" to quit
> end tell -- application "System Events"
>
> currentBackgound
>
> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 11 mai 2014 17:33:32
>
>
>
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