Incremental counter & log file?

Question

Is it possible to script an incremental counter in Applescript, similar to the one used in a Print dialog box?
ie: "How many copies do you want to print?" (drop down box offers numerical selection, and a log file is created from this input)
Thanks for any help with this.

Answer 1

Is this along the lines of what you're looking for? I'm confused by the "drop down box retains" statement. You can get the users selection from a list (like the 1st script below) or you can have the user input the number by typing it (as in the 2nd script below).
Example #1:
<pre style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; border: 2px dotted green; width: 600px;
height: 250px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #000000; overflow: auto; font-family: Verdana, Monaco, monospace; font-weight: 900; font-size: 12px;"
title="Copy this text and paste it into your Script Editor application.">--START
property numList : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
--SET PATH TO LOG FILE
set counterDir to POSIX path of ((path to application support from user domain) & "MyCounter:" as string)
set counterLog to counterDir & "counter.log"
--CREATE LOG FILE DIRECTORY (IF NECESSARY)
try
(POSIX file counterDir) as alias
on error
do shell script "mkdir " & quoted form of counterDir
end try
--GET NUMBER AND ADD TO LOG FILE
set theChoice to (choose from list numList) as string
if theChoice is not "false" then do shell script "echo " & theChoice & " >> " & quoted form of counterLog
--END</pre>
Example #2:
<pre style="margin: 0px; padding: 5px; border: 2px dotted green; width: 600px;
height: 250px; color: #ffffff; background-color: #000000; overflow: auto; font-family: Verdana, Monaco, monospace; font-weight: 900; font-size: 12px;"
title="Copy this text and paste it into your Script Editor application.">--START
property numList : {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
--SET PATH TO LOG FILE
set counterDir to POSIX path of ((path to application support from user domain) & "MyCounter:" as string)
set counterLog to counterDir & "counter.log"
--CREATE LOG FILE DIRECTORY (IF NECESSARY)
try
(POSIX file counterDir) as alias
on error
do shell script "mkdir " & quoted form of counterDir
end try
--GET NUMBER AND ADD TO LOG FILE
set theChoice to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Number:" default answer "2")
if theChoice is not "false" then do shell script "echo " & theChoice & " >> " & quoted form of counterLog
--END</pre>
Both of the above scripts will keep a log file in the following location:
*/Users/You/Library/Application Support/MyCounter/counter.log*
Once we figure out exactly what you want for the first part of your script, we can then move on to helping you upload your results to your server once a week. Hope this helps...