Make Folder Actions Moveable?

Is it possible to send a folder with folder actions applied to it to another computer, WITHOUT losing the folder actions in the process? Specifically, i wrote a script to password-protect a folder, and want to send that folder to someone without them having to re-apply the script and save it on their computer in the specific place. Is this possible? if so, how?

Also, think of the security implications of this... some malicious user persuades you to download a folder to your machine - maybe even part of a software installation process. No problem, you think, you can't be affected by just opening a folder, can you?
If that folder had an embedded Folder Action, they could do almost anything to your machine as soon as you opened the folder, dropped something in it, etc.
:: shudder ::

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How to make Folder Action work on file, subfolder content change?

Hi!
I looking for information in how to make a Folder Action, Work Flow or any action from Automator to work on file change and not only on deletion, moving or insertion. What I want to know is if it's possible to trigger some script or app while monitoring a folder and its contents, files and subfolders, changes. Meaning that when I have a file that has its contents updated the action will be triggered like an txt file that I only insert a new line in it, for example.
Is there any solution that is not third party? Is there an internal Mac OS X solution that would work on Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion?

i have same problem. i would like to move automatically saved Word backup copy to another folder, but the folder action doesn't recognize the save as a new file that needs to be acted upon.

Make Alias Folder Action

I am trying to write a folder action to take care of company time sheets. I can write one to duplicate them but, I would prefer to make an alias instead. I make new time sheets with a spreadsheet and when they are ready they are saved to a folder in Users:xxx:Documents:Time Sheets. When added to this folder I would like an alias left in a folder on the desktop. I tried this:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
tell application "Finder"
make new alias (added_items) to folder "Macintosh HD:Users:xxxx:Desktop"
end tell
end adding folder items to
but it doesn't work. Could someone point me in the right direction.
Mac Mini 1.66 CoreDuo Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 iMac
Mac Mini 1.66 CoreDuo Mac OS X (10.4.9) G3 iMac

Using 'path to Desktop' or 'path to Desktop from user domain' will make the script more portable, since it will get the path to the desktop of whatever user is running the script. You can also get rid of the outer 'tell Finder' block - most of the time if there is only one statement you can skip the 'end tell'. For example, the following are equal:
<pre title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor" style="font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; width: 720px; color: #000000; background-color: #E0E0E0; overflow: auto">tell application "Finder"
make new alias file to these_items at MyFolder
end tell
tell application "Finder" to make new alias file to these_items at MyFolder
</pre>
G4 Digital Audio 1.4GHz Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Can I make a custom folder action that auto-shares images?

Is it possible to create a custom Folder Action where any images I drop into there are auto shared to Flickr? I have my Flickr account setup in Mountain Lion already.

I think there will be no out of the box solution but with Automator I think you could accomplish this task.

Folder Action to Launch Perl Script

Hello.
I wrote a perl script which I wanted to execute when a file was dropped into a folder. I added a folder action with a very simple applescript:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
do shell script ¬
("perl /Users/Alexander/Library/Scripts/gte2.pl")
end adding folder items to
The folder action didn't do anything, any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? Note, the perl script works fine when I run it from the terminal.
thanks.

Thanks Camelot, I appreciate the help. My script below is trying to read data from a file in folder in my system. So I will try your suggestion, I didn't realize the environment and path my be different.
Regards Alex
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#This program is to convert files from gamin running GPS watch to text file which can be loaded into excel.
# To make executable, remember to set: chmod u+x <file>
#set all the flags. Note the flags are used to stop the matching
$i = 1; $k = 0; $start = "no";
#Open data file and find values
open(DATA,"/Users/Alexander/Alex's Misc/Health/Garmin_Conversion/run.tcx") || die "Couldn't open file*\n";
#read in the data line by line until "end of file"
while (<DATA>){
#start parsing for information to keep
if (/.<Id>./) {
@Idline=split(/>/);
@Idbeat=split(/T/,$Idline[1]);
$Id=$Idbeat[0];
if (/.<Track>./){
$start = "yes";
if ($start eq "yes"){
if (/.<Time>./) {
@timeline=split(/T/);
@timebeat=split(/Z/,$timeline[2]);
$Time[$i]=$timebeat[0];
elsif (/.<LatitudeDegrees>./) {
@HRline=split(/>/);
@HRbeat=split(/</,$HRline[1]);
$Latitude[$i]=$latbeat[0];
elsif (/.<LongitudeDegrees>./) {
@longline=split(/>/);
@longbeat=split(/</,$longline[1]);
$Longitude[$i]=$longbeat[0];
elsif (/.<AltitudeMeters>./) {
@altline=split(/>/);
@altbeat=split(/</,$altline[1]);
$Altitude[$i]=$altbeat[0];
elsif (/.<DistanceMeters>./) {
@distline=split(/>/);
@distbeat=split(/</,$distline[1]);
$Distance[$i]=$distbeat[0];
elsif (/.<Value>./) {
@HRline=split(/>/);
@HRbeat=split(/</,$HRline[1]);
$HR[$i]=$HRbeat[0];
$i++;
} #string matching
} #if start flag is yes
} #while data loop
close (DATA) || die "couldn't close file.\n";
#write all data to file in space delimited format
open (NEWFILE, ">/Users/Alexander/Alex's Misc/Health/Garmin_Converted/$Id run") || die "can't create file.\n";
$Time[0]="Time"; $Latitude[0]="Latitude"; $Longitude[0]="Longitude"; $Altitude[0]="Altitude"; $Distance[0]="Distance"; $HR[0]="HR";
print NEWFILE "0 $Time[0] $Latitude[0] $Longitude[0] $Altitude[0] $Distance[0] $HR[0]\n";
for ($j = 1; $j <= $i; $j++) {
$k=$j+1;
print NEWFILE "$j $Time[$j] $Latitude[$j] $Longitude[$j] $Altitude[$j] $Distance[$j] $HR[$j]\n";
} #for j loop
close (NEWFILE) || die "couldn't close newfile.\n";
#This is the end of the program

Folder action to find and replace text and change line feeds

I want to use a folder action to find and replace text and change Mac carriage returns to DOS line feeds inside text files.
The text to be replaced is: "/Users/wim/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Music" (without the quotes)
This text has to be removed (i.e. replaced by an empty string)
The text occurs many times within each file.
The files are playlists exported from iTunes in the M3U format (which are text files). They contain Mac carriage returns. These need to be changed to DOS line feeds.
I have found the following two perl commands to achieve this:
To find and replace text: perl -pi -w -e 's/THIS/THAT/g;' *.txt
To change carriage returns to line feeds: perl -i -pe 's/\015/\015\012/g' mac-file
I know that it's possible to make a folder action with Automator that executes a shell script.
What I want to do is drop the exported playlists in M3U format in a folder so that the folder action will remove the right text and change the carriage returns.
My questions are:
Is it possible to make a folder action that executes command line commands instead of shell scripts?
What is the correct syntax for the two commands when used in a folder action shell script? Especially, how do I escape the slashes (/) in the string to be removed?
Thanks for your help

Ok, I've include an applescript to run a shell command. The applesript command quoted form makes a string that will end up as a single string on the bash command line. Depending on what you want to do, you may need multiple string on the bash command lines. I've included some information on folder actions.
It is easier to diagnose problems with debug information. I suggest adding log statements to your script to see what is going on. Here is an example.
    Author: rccharles
    For testing, run in the Script Editor.
      1) Click on the Event Log tab to see the output from the log statement
      2) Click on Run
    For running shell commands see:
    http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
on run
    -- Write a message into the event log.
    log " --- Starting on " & ((current date) as string) & " --- "
    -- debug lines
    set desktopPath to (path to desktop) as string
    log "desktopPath = " & desktopPath
    set unixDesktopPath to POSIX path of desktopPath
    log "unixDesktopPath = " & unixDesktopPath
    set quotedUnixDesktopPath to quoted form of unixDesktopPath
    log "quoted form is " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
    try
        set fromUnix to do shell script "ls -l " & quotedUnixDesktopPath
        display dialog "ls -l of " & quotedUnixDesktopPath & return & fromUnix
    on error errMsg
        log "ls -l error..." & errMsg
    end try
end run
How to set up a folder action.
1) right click on folder. click on Enable folder actions
2) Place script in
/Library/Scripts/Folder Actions Scripts
3) right click on folder. click on attach folder action
pick your script.
Create a new folder on the desktop & try.
You can put multiple folder actions on a folder. There are other ways of doing this.
Here is my test script:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving dropped_items
    repeat with dropped_item_ref in dropped_items
       display dialog "dropped files is " & dropped_item_ref & " on folder " & this_folder
    end repeat
end adding folder items to
How to make the text into an AppleScript program.
Start the AppleScript Editor
/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.app
In Snow Leopard it's at: /Applications/Utilities/AppleScript Editor
Copy the script text to the Applescript editor.
Note: The ¬ is typed as option+return. ption+return is the Applescript line continuation characters.
You may need to retype these characters.
Save the text to a file as an script and do not check any of the boxes below.

Creating a simple Folder Action

Hello, I am trying to make a simple folder action.
Well first off I have all my applications stored in the "application" folder (Mac MD>Applications) and I have aliases to all the apps stored in a separate application folder in which I have arranged the apps by type. One folder I have is called "new apps" (Mac HD>Users>Me>Applications>New Apps) it contains obviously new applications I have downloaded and have yet to try out.
*What I want to do is whenever I drag a new application to the new apps folder I want it to 1) make an alias of that application and then 2) move the application to my actual "applications" folder.
I went to automator and selected "New Aliases" and selected the new apps folder for its location to be made, and then followed it by "Move Finder Item" and selected my applications folder. I then saved it as a folder action attached to my new apps folder... It doesn't work. Yes folder actions are enabled. Is there something else I need to do for the folder action to actually pass the new files added into the folder into the script? thank you much
Sean

Spotlight can search for a color label but you must make that an active search criterion. Open a new Smart Folder in the Finder. Click on the + button to the right of the Save button. From the drop down menu that displays "Kind" select Other. Scroll down the list until you find the "File label" entry and then check the box to the right of the item. Click Close button. Now you should see the drop down menu has the "File label" selection followed by the color options. Select the "Green" color.
Now, Spotlight will find files with a green label, but it may not display folders with the green label. I've not tested that. If it does not locate folders with a green label, then you will need to set the color of the files in the green labeled folders to the green label.

How to monitor contents of sub-folders in a Folder Action?

Hello. I am wondering how I might read a folder's contentModDate within Terminal, i.e. from the command line and/or within a Folder Action.
This is the situation: I am running Periscope Pro (PP) for motion-detected videos, which by default, places them within the user's ~/Movies/com.zipzapmac.Periscope-Pro folder. Within that folder, PP creates a folder with it's name based upon (a) machine name and (b) primary MAC address. For example, we'll pretend this folder is called MacPro(001122334455). Then within that folder, as PP is running in motion-detection mode, it creates a new folder based on the current date and then, within that, places videos when motion is detected. Very straight-forward and it works just fine.
What I would like to do is have a folder action that (a) detects when any new folder or file is created within MacPro(001122334455) and (b) sends me a text-message via Apple Mail.
If the MacPro(001122334455) folder is empty, I can create a Folder Action that will detect the creation of a sub-folder when the first motion-detected video is created and that successfully sends me a text-message, BUT if a second video is created later within the same date-named folder, I will not get a message. I would get a text-message on the following day as a new folder is created within MacPro(001122334455) that signals the first motion-detected video of the day, but again not subsequent videos on the same day.
The text-message via Apple Mail I have easily scripted via Applescript and it works flawlessly.
Since Folder Actions only work upon a single pre-defined folder and not on sub-folders, I can never get automatically notified via text-message of second/third/fourth/etc. motion-detected videos as they're created... only the first one of each day.
So, I'm wondering whether there's a different way, perhaps through launchd that I might script this process. I'm thinking that if the contentModDate value of the MacPro(001122334455) folder could be read, compared with the last known value, and then---if different---execute the Applescript. OR PERHAPS I'm going about this all wrong and you might have another, better idea?
I'm open to suggestions.
-- David (da2357)

Well, I found a solution that does not use a Folder Action. Since Folder Actions will only work upon the specified folder and not upon the contents of any sub-folders, I needed a different solution.
First, I launched Terminal and created a new file called monitorPeriscope. I set executable permissions (chmod 700 monitorPeriscope). The contents of the file:
#!/bin/bash
# monitor the size of a specified folder and
# when the size increases, run an applescript
# copyright 2013, david dot allie at me dot com
# you are welcome to use this script, but please attribute authorship.
# CONSTANTS
WATCHFOLDER="/users/xadmin/movies/com.zipzapmac.Periscope-Pro"
SIZEFILEONE="/users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizeone"
SIZEFILETWO="/users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizetwo"
MYAPPLESCRIPT="/users/xadmin/documents/dropbox/programming/applescript/motion_de tected_text.scpt"
# START
# calculates current size of watchfolder, saves to sizefiletwo, then
# performs a diff operation, result which is evaluated in if statement,
# and if different, runs applescript, and copy sizefiletwo to sizefileone
du -h -k -d3 -c $WATCHFOLDER | awk 'END{print}' | awk '{print $1}' > $SIZEFILETWO
diff --brief $SIZEFILEONE $SIZEFILETWO
if [ $? -eq 1 ]
then
    osascript $MYAPPLESCRIPT
    cp -f $SIZEFILETWO $SIZEFILEONE
fi
exit 0
Next, I created the following Applescript, replacing Some User, [email protected] and the text address of [email protected] below with my real values.
using terms from application "Mail"
tell application "Mail"
set theName to "Some User"
set theAddress to "[email protected]"
set theContent to "Motion detected in OFFICE."
set newMessage to make new outgoing message
tell newMessage
make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {name:theName, address:theAddress}
set visible to true
set sender to "[email protected]"
set subject to "ALERT "
set content to theContent
send newMessage
end tell
end tell
end using terms from
Next, using the touch command, I created /users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizetwo and /users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizetwo as needed for the bash shell script (touch /users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizeone and touch /users/xadmin/.bin/foldersizetwo).
Next, still in Terminal, I navigated to ~/Library/LaunchAgents and created the following plist using nano, which I named com.xadmin.monitorPeriscope.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
          <key>Disabled</key>
          <false/>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.xadmin.monitorPeriscope</string>
          <key>ProgramArguments</key>
          <array>
          <string>/users/xadmin/.bin/monitorPeriscope</string>
          </array>
          <key>RunAtLoad</key>
          <true/>
          <key>StartInterval</key>
          <integer>900</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Finally, all that was needed was to log out and then log back in. Once I launched the Periscope Pro app and started the motion-detection mode, I left my office... and within fifteen minutes I received a text message indicating that motion had been detected in my office. In the plist above, I set a StartInterval of 900 seconds, which corresponds to 15 minutes. I can reduce it down to 300 seconds (5 minutes) without it adversely affecting performance, but I'm going to leave the setting where it is for now.
So, I solved my own problem and I'm pleased with the results.
-- David

Help Needed: Automator Applescript for Folder Action - Encode Video

Hi !
I have created an Automator Applescript for a Folder Action to do the following:
When a new video file is moved to the target folder (i.e. Download of Vuze is done), automatically launch the Applescript Action that does the followin g(Applescripted):
1) Using "run shell script" and FFMPEG on a UNIX command line, determine Width/Height, Framerate, Bitrate
2) Calculate encoding parameters (slightly reduced bitrate, reduced Aspect etc.)
3) Using "run shell script" with ffmpeg on the command line and the calculated parameters to encode the video file
At the same time, the action is written to a log file so I know if a file is recognized, when encoding started etc.
It works fine if I save this Action as an .app, make an alias on the Desktop and drop video files on it.
It also works fine if I attach the script to a folder as a folder action and drag a video file in there.
However, when I attach the script as a folder action to the Vuze download folder, it encodes only some video files, i.e. if there was a download of 5 files, chances are good that it will not encode 1 or 2 files out of those 5.
If for example a second download finishes while the encoding for the first download is still going on, sometimes the second file starts encoding after the first encode finishes, sometimes it does not, the file does not make the log file at all, i.e. the folder action missed it or the automator action dropped it because it was still encoding. Still, sometimes it happens, sometimes not.
As I need a solution that is 100% accurate, I would like to ask if there are any ideas on how to do this better maybe? As I am not an Applescript Guru, I would need some help to know what works and what doesn't and what the syntax is.
My main idea right now:
Similar to how ffmpegX works with its "process" application, have a second script (as .app) that receives the files to be encoded from the automator action and puts them in a queue, then proceeds to encode this queue while the main automator action is free to receive the next file.
Writing this second app is quite straightforward (a modified version of my current script) but I have some questions I need help with:
1) How do I call another applescript from within an existing applescript that launches the new applescript in a new process?
2) How do I pass parameters to this new applescript?
3) In case of this "Queueing" Idea, once I called the external applescript the first time, how do I make sure when I call next time, that I don't open a second instance of this script but rather pass another queue item to the original instance to be processed?
Or in general: Is there a better way to achieve this automatic encoding solution that I have not thought about?
Alternatively:
Does anyone know how to call the "process" application that comes with the ffmpegX package with the correct parameters to use as a queueing / processing tool?
Thanks!
Joe
Message was edited by: Joe15000
Message was edited by: Joe15000

To do this, I created an Automator workflow with an Applescript snippet to change the 'media kind'.
Here is the 'Run Applescript' workflow step code:
on run {input, parameters}
          tell application "iTunes"
                    set video kind of (item 1 of input) to movie
          end tell
          return input
end run
Prior to this running, I have an 'Import Files into iTunes' workflow step.
You can switch out 'movie' with: 'TV show', 'music video', or anything in ITLibMediaItemMediaKind.
Good luck,
Glenn

How to set up Automator Folder Actions?

I have set up and sucessfully tested a workflow which sends any file found in a particular folder to the "paperless" app, then moves all files to a different folder called "Archived attachments".
HOWEVER as a folder action, nothing happens when a file is put into the folder. The file just sits there in the folder.
To create a folder action I opened "new folder action" in Automator, then dragged and dropped the working workflow file into the workspace, then set "Folder Action recieves files and folders added to" the appropriate folder, let's call it "Attachments".
Just to complicate things, the files are placed into the "Attachments" folder using an applescript that captures all pdf mail attachments. This applescript works succesfully.
So, where could I be going wrong?
The working workflow "Attachments.workflow" consists of:
Get Specificed Finder Items
Make Sequential
Get Folder Contents
Open Finder Items
Get Folder Contwents
Label Finder Items
Get Folder Contents
New Dated Folder
The erronious Folder Action consists of:
Run Workflow (Attachments)
In folder actions setup:
"Enable Folder Actions" is ticked
"PDF Attachments" folder is ticked
"Attachments_folder.workflow" script is on.

I'm confused. You showed two Automator actions with the same name, one was a folder action one wasn't.
Are you sure the correct Automator action (the one that is a folder action) is attached to the folder?
If when the Folders Action setup window is opened and you select Articles_Folder.workflow and then edit script are you getting the right workflow?
Assuming you do I would start off very simply. Try this:
It will label green screen shot image files saved to the Desktop.
See if this works for you.

Downloads Folder Action

Hello,
I found a simple shell script that will help keep my Downloads folder organized by modification date. I used Automator to create a Finder Plug-In that's nothing but a Run Shell Script action: touch "$." Works great. I saved it as a folder action and attached it to my Downloads folder, but it won't work as a folder action. I added a Wait for Files to Copy action (testing with a pdf extension and download), and it still doesn't work. I tried to attach it to a dummy folder on my desktop that I directed Safari to save downloads to, still wouldn't work. I've saved it as a script, and attached it to the folder as a script, no joy. Will someone please help me with this. It should be very simple, I just want the items to be touched without having to touch each one myself.
I have checked permissions on my user folder and Downloads folder, also deleted ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist and com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist, logged out/in, disabled and re-enabled folder actions. Also, I have another folder action attached to my Downloads (Unquarantine), and it seems to work fine.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Jess

I'm closing this question because the folder actions somehow work now. I must have shut down/started up enough times, or done something inadvertently to kick it into gear. I frequently have to check to make sure the folder actions are enabled, but other than that, my script works like a charm! Thanks for giving this your attention.
Jess

Need help creating a folder action for creating folders based on filenames.

I want to create a folder action that will monitor a folder and every time a file is added to the folder it will create a directory using the filename (minus the extension) and move the file the that directory

on run {input, parameters} -- create folders from file names and move
set output to {} -- this will be a list of the moved files
repeat with anItem in the input -- step through each item in the input
    set {theContainer, theName, theExtension} to (getTheNames from anItem)
    try
      set destination to (makeNewFolder for theName at theContainer)
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        move anItem to destination
        set the end of the output to the result as alias -- success
      end tell
    on error errorMessage -- duplicate name, permissions, etc
      log errorMessage
      # handle errors if desired - just skip for now
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return the output -- pass on the results to following actions
end run
to getTheNames from someItem -- get a container, name, and extension from a file item
tell application "System Events" to tell disk item (someItem as text)
    set theContainer to the path of the container
    set {theName, theExtension} to {name, name extension}
end tell
if theExtension is not "" then
    set theName to text 1 thru -((count theExtension) + 2) of theName -- just the name part
    set theExtension to "." & theExtension
end if
return {theContainer, theName, theExtension}
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to makeNewFolder for theChild at theParent -- make a new child folder at the parent location if it doesn't already exist
set theParent to theParent as text
if theParent begins with "/" then set theParent to theParent as POSIX file as text
try
    return (theParent & theChild) as alias
on error errorMessage -- no folder
    log errorMessage
    tell application "Finder" to make new folder at theParent with properties {name:theChild}
    return the result as alias
end try
end makeNewFolder
This script almost does what I need except for the fact that it screws up on files with periods in them
for example
1.2.3.4.txt
will create the directorys 1, 2, 3, and 4 instead of 1.2.3.4

How to make an action that creates a composite onto one image from a non specific source??

Hi
I'm trying to create an action, But having some trouble. I have a fair knowledge of CS4 and actions but this one is tricky.
Basically i need to create a new document out of a folder full of images. These images need to have their opacity reduced to 40% and their blending mode changed to Colour burn. They then need to be copied onto the same canvas with a transparent background.
Most of this is fine. But i need to make the action that is not image specific. So not the one i used to record it. This is for a mid process that is going to go between various other programs before display, and the hole process needs to be automated. When i hit pay or go through file-automate-batch it uses the images that i recorded with.
I realise i havent explained this terribly well but any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Sam

Basically i need to create a new document out of a folder full of images.
You may have to look into Scripting to achieve something like this.
You could ask in the Scriptimg Forum
Photoshop Scripting
But maybe it would suffice to insert the Menu Item
File – Scripts – Load Files into Stack
into the Action and then iterate through the Layers with [ or ] and reset the opacities and Blend Modes – but as Actions would not be able to change the number of repetitions of the operation conditionally a custom Script would still seem preferable.

Folder action - open file in quicktime

I'm trying to do something I think should be simple, but I can't seem to make it happen.
I get voicemails as .wav files in email. I'd like to save these to a folder, and have them automatically open up with quicktime player.
I've verified that I've got folder actions working, as I've tested some of the example scripts for converting files. However, this script fails silently. What clue am I missing?
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving these_items
tell application "QuickTime Player"
open file these_items
end tell
end adding folder items to
Thanks for any help!
- Steve

My guess is that what you're missing is that these_items is a list therefore you can't open file <list> since you cannot coerce a list to a file.
(note this is true even if there's only one file - it's a list of one item)
Ironically, you may be able to:
open these_items
since you're not trying to coerce the list to a file (QuickTime Player will look at each item in the list and work it out).
Alternatively, the typical approach is to iterate through the list:
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving these_items
repeat with each_item in these_items
  tell application "QuickTime Player"
   open each_item
  end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to

Folder action to package and create pdf Applescript folder action

Hi
Does anyone have an Applescript Folder Action to package Indesign CS5.5 files and make pdfs.
Thanks, in advance.

Hi Babs
I ended up paying someone to create the script. They did a fantastic job creating a droplet that has options to package, create PDFs to presets, print to presets, create an IDML file, retrosave this to CS4 and create a thumbnail. Sounds like a lot but that is what I ended up needing for one client and I can use it on anything.
Thanks
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