Re: Iterator actions anyone?
Re: Iterator actions anyone?
- Subject: Re: Iterator actions anyone?
- From: Mike Ashley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:17:51 -0500
On May 13, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Alexandre Rousseau wrote:
Does automator provide an action that will iterate over each one of
the selected Finder Items and apply another action? My guess is
not, but I'd like to make sure before embarking on the (small)
project.
Actions consume and produce a list of items. So your use case here
is covered. One action produces a list of the selected Finder
items. The next action operates on each item in the list.
Context: want to create an automator action that will create
individual archives (sit) from the Finder selection.
Write an applescript action that loops over the list of Finder items
and makes an archive from each item.
A thought: I wish they'd change their workflow management UI to a
network-node-like interface (a la Shake). That way, conditional
branching would be so easy. I digress.
I think that's too complicated for most users and unnecessary in most
cases. Automator solves the right problem (gluing little actions to
make workflows) in a way accessible to the largest possible
audience. But that's just my opinion.
Mike
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