Fetch Softworks

Toggling preferences using Applescript (4 posts)

• Started 7 years ago by Jim Brandt
• Latest reply 7 years ago from Jim Matthews

• Jim Brandt Member

  Jim,

  I'm uploading video files to multiple locations daily. I currently have the preference "Do not preserve modification dates" unchecked, so my files get uploaded with the original date and time.

  One of these websites says they need me to upload to them with this preference checked, so the date and time of the uploaded file changes to the upload date/time.

  This upload is happening under Applescript. Is there a way to toggle this option for a single upload, without affecting the preference setting? Can it be done for just a single Transfer Window (or a single Transfer)?

  Where do I look to see what preferences I can change under Applescript? The Applescript dictionary doesn't show anything I recognized as relating to preferences and how to change them. Yes, you can do it by recording a script and toggling them manually, but I'm looking for documentation that shows this.

  Thanks,

  Jim Brandt

  Posted 7 years ago #

• admin Key Master

  Hi,

  This property is listed in the AppleScript dictionary as a property of the application:

  dont preserve modification dates (boolean) : do not preserve the modification dates of transferred files

  In general, the easiest way to figure out how to AppleScript something in Fetch is to click the Record button in Script Editor and then perform the action manually. Toggling that checkbox on and then back off again yields:

  tell application "Fetch"
  activate
  set dont preserve modification dates to true
  set dont preserve modification dates to false
  end tell

  [You don't need the "activate"].

  There isn't a way to toggle the option for a single upload or window; the setting is either on or off for the whole app.

  I hope this helps,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 7 years ago #

• Jim Brandt Member

  So if I toggle it on to send files to this site, and other transactions are going at the same time, to other sites, they'll upload with the modification date changed also?

  Edited 7 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Yes, that's correct. Uploads will use whatever setting is current.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 7 years ago #