Reading data from plist file

Subject: Reading data from plist file
From: Jim Weisbin <email@hidden>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:00:59 -0500

I have a cocoa program that generates a plist file. I need to extract a list of numeric fileID’s from the plist, then I pass that list to Filemaker for further processing. I have that all working.

Here’s a sample of the plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<dict>

<key>fileIDs</key>

<array>

</array>

<string>New Playlist</string>

</dict>

</plist>

Here’s how I am extracting the list:

set f to choose file with prompt "choose plist file"

set thePListPath to POSIX path of f

tell application "System Events"

tell property list file thePListPath

tell contents

set myList to value of property list item "fileIDs"

end tell

But there is a case where the above does not work, which is when the plist has nested lists, like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<dict>

<key>fileIDs</key>

<array>

</array>

<string>New Playlist</string>

<key>sublists</key>

<array>

<dict>

<key>fileIDs</key>

<array>

</array>

<string>New Playlist2</string>

</dict>

</array>

</dict>

</plist>

In this case, my applescript gets the top array, but obviously fails to get the “sublists” array. Any advice on how to recurse through the sublists (there could be multiple levels) would be appreciated.

Thanks.

 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
applescriptobjc-dev mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Reading data from plist file
  - From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>

Prev by Date: Missing fonts problem in Illustrator
Next by Date: Re: Reading data from plist file
Previous by thread: Missing fonts problem in Illustrator
Next by thread: Re: Reading data from plist file
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread