Re: Drag and drop droplets in workflows
Re: Drag and drop droplets in workflows
- Subject: Re: Drag and drop droplets in workflows
- From: Robert Croy <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:57:09 -0500
I have an automator app used as a folder action to convert flash
videos to Quicktime movies to view on the iphone.
I saved the workflow as an app and then put it in ~/Library/Workflows/
Applications/Folder Actions. The first time you run it an applescript
is created that will launch the workflow. Automator workflows need
this script to work as a folder action.
There is a folder action called Wait for Finder Items, you can buy it
from Automated Workflows. With this action you can have the workflow
wait and check to see if a files has finished downloading before it is
processed.
On May 14, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Brandon Hicks wrote:
Hi,
Unless I did something wrong, putting the droplet just as a folder
action didn't even attempt to launch it when I pasted a file into the
folder.
The main reason I wanted to launch the droplet through a workflow was
because I'd be copying audio files into the folder from the network,
so I wanted to use the wait for files to copy automator action, then
have that somehow fake drag and drop the copied files onto the
converter droplet.
On 5/14/09, Robert Croy <email@hidden> wrote:
Why not make it into a Folder Action?
On May 14, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Brandon Hicks wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to set up an audio converter that will activate when new
files are placed in a certain folder and will leave the files in a
separate folder, not in iTunes.
I have everything set up, but I can't figure out how to pass the
files
to the droplet I'm using for audio conversion, Drop A Few My Way.
I've
tried get Finder items and get Folder contents, but both ways I get
the message telling me to drag and drop audio files on its icon. Is
there another Automator action somewhere that will work for this?
Thanks
Brandon
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