Re: Can't make ... into type Unicode
Re: Can't make ... into type Unicode
- Subject: Re: Can't make ... into type Unicode
- From: Terry Barnum <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 15:21:01 -0700
Thanks Ron. I was just composing an email saying essentially the same thing--feeding this_item to display dialog was breaking it. Fixed this along with an improper handling of a missing timecode track. Everything is working again.
Thanks,
-Terry
> On Mar 23, 2015, at 11:06 AM, Ron Reuter <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Looks to me like it is breaking in prep for the display dialog: which can’t convert a record into text, which is what you’re trying to do there.
>> display dialog "item_info: " & item_info
>
> — Ron
>
>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Terry Barnum <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> My simple AS to process QT movies has stopped working. I don't use it too often but I believe it broke after moving to Yosemite. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong that Yosemite doesn't like but can't figure out what it is.
>>
>> Here's a snippet of the AS:
>>
>> on open these_items
>> repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items
>> set this_item to item i of these_items
>> set the item_info to info for this_item --this is where it breaks
>> display dialog "item_info: " & item_info
>> if folder of the item_info is true then
>> process_folder(this_item)
>> else
>> try
>> set this_extension to the name extension of item_info
>> on error
>> set this_extension to ""
>> end try
>> try
>> set this_filetype to the file type of item_info
>> on error
>> set this_filetype to ""
>> end try
>> try
>> set this_typeID to the type identifier of item_info
>> on error
>> set this_typeID to ""
>> end try
>> if (folder of the item_info is false) and (alias of the item_info is false) and ((this_filetype is in the type_list) or (this_extension is in the extension_list) or (this_typeID is in typeIDs_list)) then
>> process_item(this_item)
>> else
>> display dialog "Sorry. Can't work with the input file."
>> end if
>> end if
>> end repeat
>> display dialog "All Pau!"
>> end open
>>
>> It doesn't make it to the display dialog and throws this error:
>>
>> Can’t make {name:"Exportv2.mov", «class ascd»:date "Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 2:56:43 PM", «class asmo»:date "Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 3:00:32 PM", size:3.61098339E+9, «class asdr»:false, alias:false, «class ispk»:false, visible:true, «class hidx»:false, «class nmxt»:"mov", «class dnam»:"DYKMentalHealthv2.mov", «class asda»:alias "Macintosh HD:Applications:QuickTime Player.app:", «class kind»:"QuickTime movie", «class asty»:"MooV", «class asct»:"TVOD", «class utid»:"com.apple.quicktime-movie", «class aslk»:false, «class bzst»:false, «class assv»:"", «class aslv»:""} into type Unicode text. (-1700)
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Terry
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