I need to delete the PDF files only from a folder on a network drive. There are other file types in the folder I can not touch. I am assuming I have to choose or identify the PF files first and then move them to the trash or delete them.
What I have so far:
tell application "Finder"
set theFolder to "Macintosh HD:Users:Kathlene:Desktop:ABC123_JOB"
set destFolder to "Server/JOBS/TRANSFER_TRASH/"
set thePDFs to every file of theFolder whose name extension is "pdf"
move thePDFs to destFolder
end tell
What I get for an error:
error "Can’t get every file of \"Macintosh
HD:Users:Kathlene:Desktop:ABC123_JOB:\"." number -1728 from every file
of "Macintosh HD:Users:Kathlene:Desktop:ABC123_JOB"
Try:
tell application "Finder" to delete (files of folder "Macintosh HD:Users:Kathlene:Desktop:ABC123_JOB" whose name extension is "pdf")
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Using applescript, I'm trying to create a .patch file in a set of parallel folders for every .recipe file in a target folder and its sub-folders. This also includes creating a parallel folder structure as the script does it's thing. I've got the steps right, but some part of the detailed grammar is wrong and I can't figure out what and how to fix it. Debugging information I've read so far has not helped me, though I'm sure this is a simple matter of incorrect applescript grammar. Here is the code:
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
on run
set patchFile to (choose file with prompt "Select patch file...")
set assetsFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select recipe assets folder...")
set dumpFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select dump folder...")
makePatches(patchFile, assetsFolder, dumpFolder)
end run
on makePatches(patchFile, targetFolder, dumpFolder)
tell application "Finder"
set recipeCount to count (files in folder (targetFolder) whose name ends with ".recipe")
if (recipeCount > 0) then
set recipeFiles to files in folder (targetFolder) whose name ends with ".recipe"
repeat with eachFile in recipeFiles
set recipePatch to duplicate patchFile to folder dumpFolder
set recipePatch's name to eachFile's name & ".patch"
end repeat
end if
set folderCount to (folders in folder (targetFolder) whose visible is true)
if (folderCount > 0) then
set subFolders to folders in folder (targetFolder)
repeat with eachFolder in subFolders
set newName to folder eachFolder's name
set newFolder to make new folder at folder dumpFolder
set newFolder's name to newName
my makePatches(patchFile, eachFolder, newFolder)
end repeat
end if
end tell
return
end makePatches
Note that if I remove the code for iterating through the folders and simply have it create patches for each .recipe file in a folder, then that code works. Or at least, it does as far as I can tell. So the problem should be somewhere at or after folderCount. The recursion is needed, as is the ability to use choose with prompt. Hopefully that isn't a problem. What is the correct grammar for the iteration section?
After semi-blindly adjusting the code and looking at just about every relevant example I could find, I came up with some code that does exactly what is needed. But I don't really understand what was going wrong with the original, so while I'll post the working code I made, I'd still like to hear what was wrong with the original code explained.
on run
set patchFile to (choose file with prompt "Select patch file...")
set assetsFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select recipe assets folder...")
set dumpFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select dump folder...")
makePatches(patchFile, assetsFolder, dumpFolder)
end run
on makePatches(patchFile, targetFolder, dumpFolder)
tell application "Finder"
set recipeFiles to files of targetFolder whose name ends with ".recipe"
repeat with eachFile in recipeFiles
set recipePatch to duplicate patchFile to dumpFolder
set recipePatch's name to eachFile's name & ".patch"
end repeat
end tell
tell application "Finder" to set theseSubFolders to folders of targetFolder
repeat with tSubF in theseSubFolders
set newName to tSubF's name
tell application "Finder" to set newFolder to (make new folder at dumpFolder with properties {name:newName})
my makePatches(patchFile, tSubF, newFolder)
end repeat
end makePatches
I have an external device in my Mac and want to copy the last updated file of this USB-device to my Mac (for example a .PDF or a .jpg). But I have alway an .ini-file (which is alway updated last) on this device and don't want to delete this. I have tried to following code, but it does not work
property source : "Folder A:"
property destination : "Macintosh HD:Users:User:Desktop:Folder B:"
with timeout of (30 * 60) seconds
tell application "Finder"
set the_file to last item of (sort (get files of folder source whose kind ≠ ".INI") by modification date)
copy the_file to folder destination
end tell
end timeout
Another try was to opposite, but it does not work as well
property source : "Folder A:"
property destination : "Macintosh HD:Users:User:Desktop:Folder B:"
with timeout of (30 * 60) seconds
tell application "Finder"
set the_file to last item of (sort (get files of folder source whose kind = ".pdf") by modification date)
copy the_file to folder destination
end tell
end timeout
This following AppleScript code should work for you. Your code was real close. I don’t think it’s necessary to explain what I did because I think it’s obvious by just looking at my version, the few changes that I made.
Sorry about editing your variable names. I took the liberty to rename the variables with what is called “Camel Case”. You can always change them back to your original names if you prefer.
property sourceFolder : "Folder A:" -- The Full Path To This Folder Needs To Be Defined
property destinationFolder : "Macintosh HD:Users:User:Desktop:Folder B:"
property nameExtensions : {"jpg", "pdf"}
with timeout of (30 * 60) seconds
tell application "Finder"
set theFile to last item of (sort (get files of folder sourceFolder ¬
whose name extension is in nameExtensions) by modification date)
copy theFile to folder destinationFolder
end tell
end timeout
I have a procedure using the Office.FileDialog object that goes to a remote folder, sets a FileDialog.Filter to search for a specific file in that folder (i.e., .Filter = "\\PATH\MYFILE*.pdf"), and then uses FileDialog.Show to display a window containing only that target file. When the window is displayed, it contains not only my target file but also all of the sub-folders in the target folder. How can I display only the files, and not the sub-folders?
As filtering applies only to files, and there's nothing of the kind in fileDialogType - I don't think what you're asking for is possible in VBA.
This will show only .pdf Files in the FileDialog. Just Add the specific path to the folder you want to open the FileDialog to in the quotations after ChDir "YourFile_Path".
Dim myFile As String
ChDir "C:\Users\Documents"
myFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(Title:="Import pdf File", FileFilter:="Pdf Files *.pdf (*.pdf),")
I have been trying to cobble together a script to take a list of files from a text document and have applescript go through the list line by line and then do something with the file. In this case it is changing the label on the file, but we would use it in other instances to move files, etc.
It works with a test file on my desktop the files get marked with the purple Label, but when trying to run it in the folder I actually need to it fails with this error message:
error "Finder got an error: Can’t set 1 to 5." number -10006 from 1
The text files are the same except for the length of their content.
Could this be a an issues with filenames, and if so how do I make the script more tolerant.
Here is the script:
set textFileContents to POSIX path of (choose file)
set dataList to paragraphs of (read textFileContents as «class utf8»)
tell application "System Events"
repeat with thisFileName in dataList
tell application "Finder" to set (label index of files whose name is thisFileName) to 5
end repeat
end tell
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Here is the final code from the solution to this problem and some further work I did.
Thanks to #Mark Setchell & #jackjr300 for all of their patient help.
set justpath to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Select the Folder with Files You Want to Use")
set textFileContents to (choose file with prompt "Select the list of files")
set dataList to paragraphs of (read textFileContents as «class utf8»)
tell application "Finder"
repeat with FileName in dataList
try -- need a try block to ignore error, in case that the file has been moved or deleted
set label index of (justpath & FileName as POSIX file as alias) to 5
end try
end repeat
end tell
You seem to have a spurious tell application "System Events" in there. It works like this:
set FileName to POSIX path of (choose file)
set FileRecords to paragraphs of (read FileName)
repeat with ThisFileName in FileRecords
say ThisFileName
tell application "Finder" to set (label index of files whose name is thisFileName) to 5
end repeat
Note that my test file isn't UTF8.
Update
By the way, if all you want do is set the label colour on some files, it may be easier to do that from the Terminal and not worry with Applescript. Say you start the Terminal, and go to your Desktop like this
cd Desktop
you can then change the labels of all files on your Desktop (and in any subdirectories) whose names contain "Freddy" followed by "Frog" (i.e "fileForFreddyFrog.txt", "file from Freddy the Frog.php")
find . -name "*Freddy*Frog*" -exec xattr -wx com.apple.FinderInfo "0000000000000000000700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {} \;
You need to specify the folder because the finder has no current folder, except the Desktop if you don't specify a folder.
set textFileContents to choose file
set dataList to paragraphs of (read textFileContents as «class utf8»)
set theFolder to "/Users/jack/Desktop/xxx/yyy" as POSIX file as alias -- change it to the path of your folder
tell application "Finder"
repeat with thisFileName in dataList
try -- need a try block to ignore error, in case that the file has been moved or deleted
set label index of file thisFileName of theFolder to 5
end try
end repeat
end tell
Change the path in the third line of this script
--
If the text file contains the full path of the file, you can use this script.
set textFileContents to choose file
set dataList to paragraphs of (read textFileContents as «class utf8»)
tell application "Finder"
repeat with thisPath in dataList
try -- need a try block to ignore error, in case that the file has been moved or deleted
set label index of (thisPath as POSIX file as alias) to 5
end try
end repeat
end tell
I am very new to using Automator and Applescript.
I would like to use Automator and AppleScript to detect PDF files that are downloaded to the "Downloads" folder and opens a display dialog that allows me to select the file path and move the file. So far, what I have (which isn't right) is something like:
set question to display dialog "Save fileName in..." buttons {"Figuring Relation", "Iconoclasm", "Elsewhere"} default button 3
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Figuring Relation" then
tell application "Finder" to move fileName to POSIX file "/Users/mac/Documents/College/Junior/Fall/Art 347 - Figuring Relation"
I want the "Figuring Relation" and "Iconoclasm" buttons to change the file path to a designated file path (I don't want to browse for it), and the "Elsewhere" button to open a Finder window where I can select/browse the path.
If possible, I'm also looking to add the date to the beginning of the file name as "mm-dd_filename".
I am not sure of how to translate the Automator Input to Applescript, or how to include the filename in the display dialog text. Thank you so much for any help.
Here is an example using just applescript. In my example, it assumes you're selecting the file you're wanting to move, but you could easily add something for the script to "Find" all files ending with ".pdf" if you wanted to and then loop through the results.
on run
try
set thisFile to choose file
tell application "Finder" to set currentName to thisFile's name
-- Setting variables for the destinations to be used later
set FiguringRelationPath to (path to documents folder) & "College:Junior:Fall:Art 347 - Figuring Relation:" as string
set IconoclasmPath to (path to documents folder) & "Iconoclasm:" as string
-- Ask the user
set answer to button returned of (display dialog "Save \"" & currentName & "\" in..." buttons {"Figuring Relation", "Iconoclasm", "Elsewhere"} default button 3)
-- Set the destination variable based on the users response to the dialog
if answer is equal to "Figuring Relation" then
set destination to FiguringRelationPath
else if answer is equal to "Iconoclasm" then
set destination to IconoclasmPath
else
set destination to choose folder with prompt "Please select the destination folder" as string
end if
-- Test that the destination directory exists, if not post the error
try
set destination to destination as alias
on error
error ("Destination path " & destination as string) & " doesn't appear to exist"
end try
-- Rename the file with the date prefix
set tDatePrefix to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d'") & "_" as string
tell application "Finder" to set x's name to tDatePrefix & x's name as string
-- Move the file
tell application "Finder" to move thisFile to destination
on error err
activate
display dialog "Error: " & err buttons {"OK"} default button 1
end try
end run