Java application to read XMP.

Question

Would it be possible then to have a Java application reading through the files with XMP embedded and displaying the information?

Answer 1

Hi Ana, sorry I didn't read your reply earlier, maybe it would have been usefull. There is no e-mail notification on this forum. Now I solved my problem with iView MediaPro and AppleScript. iView can read the "caption" data from the XMP of Photoshop 7 created files.
Here's my script (not very beautiful mind you, it's the first AS I ever wrote), the comments are in sweidish my native toungue if anyone wonders. Maybe someone else in my situation will benefit from this...
tell application "iView MediaPro"
set selectedID to the selection of window 1
set numItems to the number of items in selectedID
-- loopa genom de valda filerna
repeat with i from 1 to numItems
set j to item i of the selectedID
set origPath to the path of object j of window 1
tell application "iView MediaPro"
--hämta filens namn
copy the name of object j of window 1 to myFileName
-- ta bort suffixet ".jpg"
set KollaAntal to count characters of myFileName
set myFileNameB to characters 1 thru (KollaAntal - 4) of myFileName
-- här hämtar vi "caption"/bildtexten
copy the caption of object j of window 1 to extractedText
end tell
-- spara informationen som textfil
set thePath to path to startup disk as string
set theData to extractedText
set fileRef to (open for access file (thePath & myFileNameB & ".txt") with write permission)
set eof fileRef to 0
write theData to fileRef
close access fileRef
end repeat -- här slutar loopen
end tell
-- lite user feedback, ingen egentlig betydelse, men "känns bra"
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "Skriptet har utförts" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon note
end tell