Finding the original path of Alias
Im trying to write a script for indesign that will place an image in a rectangle. the problem is that the system I am on works with alias(s). Indesign won't place those.
So I need help trying to get the Original path or the item/art and use that to place it into the rectangle.
here is the part I'm having the trouble with
tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5"
set theImage to (choose file default location (myAdtrack) with prompt "Please select an image to place:" without invisibles) as alias
------this goes to the folder to find the artwork which is an alias, and wont place
------Need to find its original path
------set the path to a variable
------and then place it
tell rectangle 1 of page 1 of document 1
place theImage
fit theImage given content to frame
end tell
Hopefully someone can help
Let's suppose "My alias.jpg", located on the Desktop, is an alias of an image located in the Pictures folder.
*set theImage to (choose file)* -- > alias "Macintosh HD:Users:pierre:Desktop:My alias.jpg"
*tell application "Finder" to set theFile1 to original item of theImage*
--> document file "My image.jpg" of folder "Pictures" of folder "pierre" of folder "Users" of startup disk of application "Finder"
*set theFile2 to theFile1 as alias* -- > alias "Macintosh HD:Users:pierre:Pictures:My image.jpg"
*set thePath to POSIX path of theFile2* -- > "/Users/pierre/Pictures/My image.jpg"
*set theFile3 to POSIX file thePath* -- > file "Macintosh HD:Users:pierre:Pictures:My image.jpg"
Hope it can help.
Message was edited by: Pierre L.
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