Attach Folder Action Won't
When I right-click on a folder and choose "Attach a Folder Action..." from the contextual menu that appears, nothing happens. The only way to pull this off is to go into Folder Actions Setup app and add a folder (via the "+" button) and a script.
Any suggestions on what I may be missing?
Quad G5 (4x2.5G), 7800GT, 4.5GBram, BT&Airport Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. The problem I am experiencing is that, when I right-click on a folder and see the contextual menu that pops up, then choose either the "Configure Folder Actions..." item OR the "Attach a Folder Action..." item, nothing happens. The menu goes away, yes, but that's it. Am I not supposed to get a window allowing me to set the folder actions for the folder I right-clicked on?
If I run the "Folder Actions Setup" application, I can choose the folder I want to add an action to by clicking on the "+" button and navigating to the target folder, choosing it, then choosing the action I want (in the Folder Actions Setup window).
So, I CAN add an action to a folder and have it function properly. It's just that the contextual menu method ("Attach a Folder Action") seems to be broken.
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Automatically Attach Folder Action
Is there a way to tell the OS to attach a folder action when the folder is created?
I do not want to see the window sidebar, never, and I do not want to hide it each time I create a new folder. A very simple folder action does the job, but then it must be attached to the folder... and I would want to see this action automatically attached. The folder action could be as simple as that:
on opening folder this_folder
tell application "Finder"
set the sidebar width of the window of this_folder to 0
end tell
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BTW, I didn't find any global variable that I could modify to do this in a simpler fashion.
Not being an AppleScript expert and by far, I am kind of stuck...
G5 1.8Dual, 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) 20" App Dsplay, ext. Lacie, iPod, Bach on Al-Lansing, Canon 5D, Canon L glass... and it works!!!
I will give you a "Solved on this", Budgie! This AppleScript language is pretty amazing when you know how to use it.
I had to make some modifs, because it stopped working when the action was already attached to some folders, and this caused major problems. I will also have to work on it to optimize it, i.e. for example attach the action when a folder is opened (if it's not already attached) in order to save time, because in its present state, the script attaches the action to each folder in the target window.. But the main difficulty was to attach an action automatically!
So now both scripts are in my own User library and look like this:
Script to attach action, most of it your code :-)
on adding folder items to this_folder
try
tell application "Finder"
set _Script to "LaBomba:Users:rgauthier:Library:Scripts:Folder Action Scripts:nosidebar.scpt"
repeat with each_folder in (get every folder of this_folder)
tell application "System Events"
try
attach action to (each_folder as alias) using (_Script as alias)
end try
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end tell
end try
end adding folder items to
... and my own very simple folder action:
on opening folder this_folder
tell application "Finder"
set the sidebar width of the window of this_folder to 0
end tell
end opening folder
I will come back to you in a day or two (or three, time is whort...) with my final code.
Thanks once again for a fast and precise answer!
RTP
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Automator folder action won't run entire folder contents
Hi,
Ok, I think I'm pretty well versed in Automator and getting things to work. But this is just escaping me.
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I'm going to have to be dragging multiples all the time, it's a waste of time to do one by one,...
I'm totally missing something here,.... please help!!
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Author: rccharles
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http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
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3) right click on folder. click on attach folder action
pick your script.
Create a new folder on the desktop & try.
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Here is my test script:
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display dialog "dropped files is " & dropped_item_ref & " on folder " & this_folder
end repeat
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Start the AppleScript Editor
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In Snow Leopard it's at: /Applications/Utilities/AppleScript Editor
Copy the script text to the Applescript editor.
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Failed to attach workflow to "Downloads" as a folder action
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occurred.
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Applescript won't function as folder action
Hello There,
Not long ago I discovered a script created by Matt Broughton that printed a file as RAW to a lpr printer. It solved a huge problem for me. It works well as a droplet, but I can't get it to function as a folder action. Here is the script:
on open printJobs
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on adding folder items to the_folder after receiving the_files
repeat with each_file in the_files
set trapFile to quoted form of POSIX path of (each_file as text)
do shell script "lp -d printerqueuename -o raw " & trapFile
end repeat
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Note the addition of a repeat loop which is needed since there may be multiple files added to the folder at once. -
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Folder actions no longer functions in 10.6
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Folder actions is enabled and the script attached.Hi Arctic Ackbar,
I too am having the same annoying issue after upgrading to 10.6 and it still continues to plague me even after the latest update to 10.6.1.7
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I would like a folder action that takes a file that I drag and drop to it to be attached to an email and sent to a specific recipient with out any further intervention
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Create a new folder to contain your files - this seems to work best from the desktop
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Still it will at least create the message and only require you to press send - will investigate more and see if I can fix it. -
Sample script:
tell application "Finder"
set List1 to {"VNG", "COW", "SIN", "CVR", "CRM"}
set List2 to {"VNG", "SIN"}
set MissingList to {}
repeat with i from 1 to count of List1
if item i of List1 is not in List2 then
set end of MissingList to item i of List1
end if
end repeat
display dialog MissingList as text
end tell
Works, gives me what I want - answer as "COW, CVR, CRM"
I make a Folder Action from it, like this:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
set List1 to {"VNG", "COW", "SIN", "CVR", "CRM"}
set List2 to {"VNG", "SIN"}
set MissingList to {}
repeat with i from 1 to count of List1
if item i of List1 is not in List2 then
set end of MissingList to item i of List1
end if
end repeat
display dialog MissingList as text
end tell
end adding folder items to
Attach it to the folder, try - the answer comes as ""COWCVRCRM", without separating items in a list.
Why?
And, BTW, when I work with script I can see an Event Log in a Script Editor, but when Folder Action works - is there any way to see a Log?
Thank you in advance for any help!
VeraIt may be that displaying the dialog via Script Editor instead of whatever app is frontmost when your folder action is triggered causes the difference. It's been known to happen. Try this in place of your code to display the dialog (untested code).
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #FF0000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ffff99;
overflow: auto;">
set {oldDelims, my text item delimiters} to {my text item delimiters, {", "}}
display dialog (items of MissingList) as text
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Help with automator and folder actions please
Hi all!
I'd like to attach a folder action to a folder, so that any time i drag something in it, it'll be sent to my mobile phone.
I just dont get it how to do it.
Can please someone help? I'm totaly incapable of writing an applescript to do so...
Best regards,Hi!
So next step...
I create a folder so and right-click "configure actions" (sorry my
system is french so the terms are probably different on the US
system....)
Automator launches, and I add the push to BT part to my workflow. I save
it all, and return to the finder.
I right click on the folder, the script appears as it should.
I click on the created script, a window opens with the device selection.
I click OK. and get a message saying that this kind of file (a standard
.sis file) won't be accpted from my device (a 6680 nokia). I click "try
anyway", the window of file transfer opens, but I get the error
"Transfer failed, operation not handled".
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Thanx fo your feedback! -
Processing a File (From a Folder Action) Through an AppleScript
I have a Folder Action enabled which automatically uploads images placed in a folder to a FTP server. It works great when I'm at home on my own network, but if I'm somewhere with a firewall that prohibits connecting to my FTP server (i.e. work) or if I am not connected to the internet, the folder action will still run but my images will never get uploaded.
I've attached a screenshot of my workflow. The folder action gets the image added to the folder, copies the original to a different folder, and then scales the image down to a smaller size before uploading it. I'm using the upload workflow action from Transmit.
I figured I could use an AppleScript to check whether or not my computer can reach the ftp server and then wait until it was connected to run the rest of the workflow if it can't reach the server:
repeat with i from 1 to 86400
try
do shell script "ping -o ftp.examplewebsite.com"
exit repeat
on error
delay 5
if i = 86400 then error number -128
end try
end repeat
The only problem is, I'm pretty inexperienced with AppleScript and am not really sure how or where to insert it into my workflow to get the image to "pass through" the AppleScript. Currently, whenever I include this AppleScript in my workflow, before the Upload action, for example, the image ends up not getting passed through the AppleScript and it doesn't get uploaded as a result.
Hopefully this a fairly simple question and someone can help me out, or if there's an easier way to delay running a folder action until I can connect to the server someone will let me know. I can clarify anything if necessary.Good job
I just saw this…
applescript in automator - stop a workflow
It kills the workflow based on a test, so I tried this…
Here is the text if you want to copy & paste. It will fail on Apple.com & stop the workflow. Success should allow it to continue.
on run {input, parameters}
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if pinged is equal to 0 then
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end if
on error
error number -128 -- exit by user-cancel
end try
end run
on run {input, parameters}
display dialog "Rest of script will now continue..."
return input
end run
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