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Applescript (3 posts)

• Started 22 years ago by jh
• Latest reply 22 years ago from rosmifetch

• jh Member

  I am trying to make a selection in a transfer window, and get the contents of the selected file using applescript. What is the proper way to do this? I see that there is a selection-object class, and its property is "contents", but I don't know how to make this work.

  I am hoping I can get the contents of a text file and use the data elsewhere.

  Any suggestions? I am using Fetch 3.0.3.

  Posted 22 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  I don't think you can do that with Fetch 3.0.3, but 4.0b5 has a "selected" property for the transfer window object. So with 4.0b5 you can do this:

  set sel to selected of transfer window 1
  view sel
  set t to text of text window 1

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 22 years ago #

• rosmifetch Member

  This might help... This is a snippet I'm using to get an item from a list of postscript RIP dropfolders... instead of having the user choose from within fetch, dump the list back into an applescript "choose from list" dialog box. This snippet checks the fetch listing againt a pre-exisitng "dirignore" list so that the user can't choose the same item at different time intervals. Sorry it's so long...

  -- get a url from a predefined list
  set myurl to putyoururlhere
  -- put your url in above
  set mydir to {}
  display dialog "Wait...
  Fetch is going to do some work" buttons "Okay" default button 1 giving up after 3
  try
  tell application "Fetch 3.0.3"
  activate
  set ignore cache to true
  open url myurl
  set mywind to a reference to transfer window 1
  set fetchcount to count mywind each remote item
  end tell
  -- because 'list' is a Fetch command, I can't use it in the tell statement...
  if fetchcount > 2 then
  repeat with itemcounter from 2 to fetchcount
  tell application "Fetch 3.0.3" to set myname to (name of (a reference to remote item itemcounter of mywind))
  if not (myname is in dirignore) then
  if myname = {} then
  set mydir to {myname}
  else
  set end of mydir to myname as list
  end if
  end if
  end repeat
  tell application "Fetch 3.0.3" to close mywind
  end if
  tell me to activate
  set text item delimiters to ":"
  set onedf to item (count of onedrop) of onedrop
  set oneftp to (choose from list mydir with prompt onedrop & " is linked to ..." OK button name "Connect") as text
  if not (oneftp = "cancel") then
  set myconnection to {onedrop as text, (myurl & oneftp & "/") as text}
  end if
  on error
  display dialog "Can't get Fetch to work" giving up after 2
  end try

  Posted 22 years ago #