ITunes User Playlist Id

Question

How do can I get my AppleScript to get the user playlist id of a song? For example:
tell application "iTunes"
set thePlaylist to user playlist id of current track
end tell
How can I get something that functions like that theoretically should? If you just put "current track" it will show the user playlist id, I just don't know how to grab that number.

Answer 1

Hello Neil D,
You may try something like the following script.
Note that [application's object specifier as record] coercion may work in some cases but not in others. Also, if the application has its own 'record' defined, you'd need to use 'as «class reco»' instead of 'as record' in the coercion statement in order to avoid terminology conflict.
The code below is tested fine with iTunes 2.0.4 under OS9.1. Don't know about recent versions.
Good luck,
H
PS. I'm not sure how safe it would be to use those playlist id's in real scripts. Are they guaranteed unique and static? Or how persistent? You'd better check it.
-- SCRIPT
tell application "iTunes"
if player state is playing then
set p to container of current track
set i to (p as record)'s «class seld»
--set i to (p as «class reco»)'s «class seld» -- in case of terminology conflict
return {p, i}
end if
end tell
-- END OF SCRIPT
Message was edited by: Hiroto