Applescript to rename projects

Hi,
Does anyone know if you can use Applescript to rename projects in A3?
I'm looking to automagicly name projects by running a script on import, but haven't much experience in Applescript.
Cheers
Darren

It is possible. Below is an example on how to do it and you probably will need to tailor it for your specific needs.
tell application "aperture"
tell project "x"
set name to "y"
end tell
end tell
Be sure to check out Aperture 3's dictionary and the Aperture 3 AppleScript Reference guide (<http://images.apple.com/aperture/resources/pdf/Aperture3_AppleScriptReference.pdf>) for more information.

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Advanced applescript to rename files

Hi Everybody,
I am trying to do some applescript to rename files.
I know some tips to do that, but I try to write an advanced script with many options
For example : A file to rename :
"project-test.info.jpg"
1st :
I would like the script to find every symbols in the name(without the extension), like here : "-" or "_"
and repace these symbols with another one like "_"
then the new name will be :
"project_test_info.jpg"
2nd :
if the file is named in a "wrong way", like :
test.jpg
or
"test-info.jpg"
or
"project.test.jpg"
etc
then the script will rename in the better way :
"project_test_information.jpg"
(information will be data I will enter by myself)
And many other or examples with all the possibilities to rename...
I succeed to rename some parts of the name, but I don't find the solution to replace symbols, and how to count the number of text parts and replace the good ones...
I dont know even if it's a good way to do like that in fact, an maybe it's possible in another way ?
Thank you very much for your answers !

Hi Everybody,
I am trying to do some applescript to rename files.
I know some tips to do that, but I try to write an advanced script with many options
For example : A file to rename :
"project-test.info.jpg"
1st :
I would like the script to find every symbols in the name(without the extension), like here : "-" or "_"
and repace these symbols with another one like "_"
then the new name will be :
"project_test_info.jpg"
2nd :
if the file is named in a "wrong way", like :
test.jpg
or
"test-info.jpg"
or
"project.test.jpg"
etc
then the script will rename in the better way :
"project_test_information.jpg"
(information will be data I will enter by myself)
And many other or examples with all the possibilities to rename...
I succeed to rename some parts of the name, but I don't find the solution to replace symbols, and how to count the number of text parts and replace the good ones...
I dont know even if it's a good way to do like that in fact, an maybe it's possible in another way ?
Thank you very much for your answers !

Deploy occurs errors after rename project.

deploy occurs errors after rename project.
local project (in JAVA perspective refactor->rename)
then rebuild,create,deploy.an erros occurs:
2009-5-19 9:35:35 /userOut/deploy (com.sap.ide.eclipse.sdm.threading.DeployThreadManager) [Thread[Deploy Thread,5,main]] ERROR:
[013]Deployment aborted
Settings
SDM host : 10.98.3.59
SDM port : 50018
URL to deploy : file:/C:/DOCUME1/ADMINI1/LOCALS~1/Temp/temp6550783345363564101WYJ_WD_FlightList.ear
Result
=> deployment aborted : file:/C:/DOCUME1/ADMINI1/LOCALS~1/Temp/temp6550783345363564101WYJ_WD_FlightList.ear
Aborted: development component 'WYJ_WD_FlightList'/'local'/'LOKAL'/'0.2009.05.19.09.30.59'/'0':
Caught exception during application deployment from SAP J2EE Engine's deploy service:
java.rmi.RemoteException: Cannot deploy application local/WYJ_WD_FlightList.. Reason: Clusterwide exception: Failed to deploy application local/WYJ_WD_FlightList. Check causing exception for details (trace file). Hint: Are all referenced components deployed and available on the engine?; nested exception is: com.sap.engine.services.deploy.container.DeploymentException: Clusterwide exception: Failed to deploy application local/WYJ_WD_FlightList. Check causing exception for details (trace file). Hint: Are all referenced components deployed and available on the engine?
(message ID: com.sap.sdm.serverext.servertype.inqmy.extern.EngineApplOnlineDeployerImpl.performAction(DeploymentActionTypes).REMEXC)
Deployment exception : The deployment of at least one item aborted
Can anyone help me?
thanks a lot!

Thanks for Rajat Jain and Umang Mathur 's answers 。
the demo project can be download in SDN::TutWD_FlightList.zip
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I have a pretty large project created in RH6. I'd tell you
how many topics are in it, but RH6 crashed while running the topic
report.
Anyway, I'm a template nut: I like having a bare-bones
project with topics linked, index created, etc., then make a copy
of the entire project, and apply client-specific info to the copy.
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<rhpml majorversion="1" minorversion="0">
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<folder>
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<topics/>
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Message was edited by: rwboyer

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