Making a specific file or folder single-click

hey
Is there any way on OS X to make a specific file or folder open by a single click. I want to create some tasks in automator and just want to open them using a single click.

Used to be in Mac OS 9. There is a Cocoa version of the Launcher here:
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/launcher.html
Maybe you can work something with him out to do something scriptable.

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Is there a way to initiate download of multiple files by a single click on Button ? I have a download button in my page which on clicking initiates download of a single file. I have a usecacse, where i need trigger downnload of 2/3 files with the same single click. Is it possible ?
Thanks in advance.

On solution would be to zip the multiple files into one and send this to the client.
An other possible way (never tested this) is to use the click on the button to send the files in a sequence. You send the first file, then queue a click onto a hidden button to send the next and repeat this until all files are send. I'm not sure how the client reacts, e.g. if the second file is send while the first file still needs to be accepted on the client or if the user first has to accept the file, download it and then get the next dialog.
For a sample of how to queue a click onto a hidden button you can check http://tompeez.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/validate-data-before-export-via-afexportcollectionactionlistener-or-affiledownloadactionlistener/
Timo

Save pdf file to folder on click submit button

Hi,
Does anyone knows how to save a currently open pdf file to a specific directory folder when the submit button is clicked? Is it possible to be done using javascript or formcalc?
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Cindy

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Opening multiple files with a single click?

I have searched this topic here and online elsewhere, but haven't gotten an answer.
I teach English, and I download multiple student documents to grade. I want to just open all of them and go through one at a time quickly... like a stack of papers on my desk.
I swear to goodness that I used to be able to select a folder full o' files and bam... they would all open in whatever app they were intended to open in. However, now I'm having trouble with this.
I have a series of items... some are .doc some are .docx and some are .txt
When I select all of them, only one .docx opens (and it opens in Pages because I have trained it to do this.)
If I select all the .txts they all open in textedit like they should. But I can't get the stupid MS Word docs to do the same. I am not sure whether to blame Apple yet.
I have tried Open With... Word, Pages, etc. but only one document opens at a time. What am I missing? I just did a perm repair and software update... nothing new under the sun.
Any ides? Please? Thanks!

There are a few ways you can open them:
1) Select all of the files and under the File menu select "Open"
2) Select all of the files and use the shortcut for open, which is command-O
3) Select all of the files and drag them to the dock icon of the app you want to open them with
You need to do these actions with the files selected and not the folder that they are in. To quickly select all items in a folder, click one of them and hit command-A (shortcut for "select all")

Help on moving specific files using folder actions

so i want to move all downloaded files that have the extension .pdf to a folder in my docs but it doesnt always work and if i download 2 at once it fails. im new to applescripts so please help!
this is what i have:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
tell application "Finder"
repeat with all_items in this_folder
if the name extension of any_item is "pdf" then
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As written, you are referring to different variables in your repeat loop for the added items (all_items, any_item, etc). The loop variable you define in the repeat statement is the one to use.
Snow Leopard added a time delay to check if items are still being downloaded, but in Leopard you will need to do it yourself. The following script adds a wait handler that will wait for files to be downloaded (I also threw in a run handler for testing):
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px; height: 340px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #DAFFB6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
property destination : "Macintosh HD:Users:Campbell:Documents:Printing"
property someTime : 60 -- time (in seconds) to allow files to copy/download
on run -- application double-clicked or run from the Script Editor
set theFolder to (choose folder)
tell application "Finder" to set theItems to files of theFolder as alias list
adding folder items to theFolder after receiving theItems -- process entire folder contents
end run
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items -- folder action
if (waitForFilesToCopy into this_folder for someTime) then
doStuff for added_items
else
display alert "Folder Action error" message "File copy/download into folder " & quoted form of POSIX path of this_folder & " did not complete in the time allowed."
end if
end adding folder items to
to doStuff for someFiles
do stuff with each file in someFiles
parameters - someFiles [list]: a list of files to do stuff with
returns nothing
repeat with anItem in someFiles
tell application "Finder"
if the name extension of anItem is "pdf" then
move anItem to folder destination
-- move anItem to (path to desktop) -- testing
end if
end tell
end repeat
end doStuff
to waitForFilesToCopy into someFolder for timeToWait
checks every interval seconds up to timeToWait for files to be copied/downloaded to theFolder
the test is based on the size of the folder not changing after interval seconds
parameters - someFolder [mixed]: the folder to check
timeToWait [integer]: a maximum timeout value in seconds
returns [boolean]: true if copy/download finished, false if timeout
set interval to 2 -- adjust as desired
set someFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of someFolder
set currentSize to first word of (do shell script "du -s " & someFolder) -- get initial size
repeat with timer from timeToWait to 1 by -interval
delay interval
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if (newSize is equal to currentSize) then
return true -- success
else -- update size
set currentSize to newSize
end if
end repeat
return false -- timed out
end waitForFilesToCopy
</pre>

My MacBook Pro (Mountain Lion) seems to be making copies of files in my download folder. Why is this happening and how do I stop it?

My MacBookPro with Mountain Lion seems to be making copies of files in my download folder. Why is this happening and how do I stop it?

This issue has nothing to do with Time Machine or local snaphsots. No built-in feature of OS X does what you describe.
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It won’t solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Third-party system modifications are a common cause of usability problems. By a “system modification,” I mean software that affects the operation of other software — potentially for the worse. The following procedure will help identify which such modifications you've installed. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign (“$”) or a percent sign (“%”). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Step 1
Triple-click the line of text below to select it:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
Copy (command-C) the selected text to the Clipboard. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered. You can do that by copy-and-paste as well. Omit the final line ending in “$”. No typing is involved in this step.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
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Step 3
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Step 4
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Step 5
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You can then quit Terminal.

Is it possible to pickup a specific file from a folder?

Hi
I am wondering whether it is possible to pick a specific file from a folder. I have a shape where I have got a filename and I need to look for it in a folder.
Is that possible?
And how can I achieve this? The next step is to pick the file up and transfer it to another location. So basically in pseudo code I need to ask my defined folder with a filename as parameter. Get the file and move it to another folder.
Suggestions are most appreciated. Thanks

Assuming you are using orchestration, you could
create an assembly, install it in the GAC, add a reference to it in your BTS
project, and call it from an Expression shape to resolve the receive
location. You would only really need one static method in a class. Be sure
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Example:
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Library=DBMSSOCN;"
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How do you change to single click to open files and folders?

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Finder > Preferences
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See here:
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1. Why? I was quite obviously selecting one file folder ONLY.
2. Is there any way to retrieve the lost items?
3. How do I avoid this happening in the future?

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However, regarding the original post, what do you mean by "file folder"? Did you select a FILE for deletion, or a FOLDER? These two terms tend to be quite different, you know.
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Now to what you can and cannot do. You can delete a whole project by selecting Project 1 or Project 2 in Windows Explorer. Obviously if you delete the parent folder you will delete all your projects within.
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If you think about it, it is similar to Word. There is no option to delete a document there other than using File > Open and right clicking. Not very intuitive.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
@petergrainge

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