Pass results of one script to another?

Question

I have 2 scripts: The first converts a Word document into a PDF, the second splits the PDF into separate files and names the files after a text string it finds in the PDF.
I've tried to 'join' them to make a single script (or Automator Workflow, but I'm no good at scripting!
Can anyone help?
The first script to convert Word is called via Automator - "Ask for Finder Items":
property theList : {"doc", "docx"}
on run {input, parameters}
  set output to {}
  tell application "Microsoft Word" to set theOldDefaultPath to get default file path file path type documents path
  repeat with x in input
  try
  set theDoc to contents of x
  tell application "Finder"
  set theFilePath to container of theDoc as text
  set ext to name extension of theDoc
  if ext is in theList then
  set theName to name of theDoc
  copy length of theName to l
  copy length of ext to exl
  set n to l - exl - 1
  copy characters 1 through n of theName as string to theFilename
  set theFilename to theFilename & ".pdf"
  tell application "Microsoft Word"
  set default file path file path type documents path path theFilePath
  open theDoc
  set theActiveDoc to the active document
  save as theActiveDoc file format format PDF file name theFilename
  copy (POSIX path of (theFilePath & theFilename as string)) to end of output
  close theActiveDoc
  end tell
  end if
  end tell
  end try
  end repeat
  tell application "Microsoft Word" to set default file path file path type documents path path theOldDefaultPath
  return output
end run
The second script asks for PDFs and searches for a string beginning "Number: " and uses that string to write single PDFs:
_main()
on _main()
  script o
  property aa : choose file with prompt ("Choose PDF Files.") of type {"com.adobe.pdf"} ¬
  default location (path to desktop) with multiple selections allowed
  set my aa's beginning to choose folder with prompt ("Choose Destination Folder.") ¬
  default location (path to desktop)
  set args to ""
  repeat with a in my aa
  set args to args & a's POSIX path's quoted form & space
  end repeat
  considering numeric strings
  if (system info)'s system version < "10.9" then
  set ruby to "/usr/bin/ruby"
  else
  set ruby to "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby"
  end if
  end considering
  do shell script ruby & " <<'EOF' - " & args & "
require 'osx/cocoa'
include OSX
require_framework 'PDFKit'
outdir = ARGV.shift.chomp('/')
ARGV.select {|f| f =~ /\\.pdf$/i }.each do |f|
    url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(f)
    doc = PDFDocument.alloc.initWithURL(url)
    path = doc.documentURL.path
    pcnt = doc.pageCount
    (0 .. (pcnt - 1)).each do |i|
        page = doc.pageAtIndex(i)
       page.string.to_s =~ /Number: \\S*/
        name = $&
        unless name
            puts \"no matching string in page #{i + 1} of #{path}\"
            next # ignore this page
        end
  newname = name[8..-1]
        doc1 = PDFDocument.alloc.initWithData(page.dataRepresentation) # doc for this page
        unless doc1.writeToFile(\"#{outdir}/#{newname}.pdf\")
            puts \"failed to save page #{i + 1} of #{path}\"
        end
    end
end
EOF"
  end script
  tell o to run
end _main
Is it even possible to convert these 2 scripts into a single one?
  copy length of theName to l
  copy length of ext to exl
  close theActiveDoc
  end tell

Answer 1

Hello
You may combine the second script with the Run AppleScript action converting doc/docx to pdf by creating a Run AppleScript action with the following code that receives a list of POSIX path of pdf files from the previous action and put the action after the previous action in workflow.
Since the previous action returns list of POSIX path of pdf files, _main() in the second script is modified accordingly.
The resulting workflow would consist of three actions:
1) Ask for Finder Items
2) Run AppleScript (to convert doc/docx to pdf)
3) Run AppleScript (the following code)
on run {input, parameters}
    _main(input)
end run
on _main(argv)
        list argv : list of POSIX path of pdf files
    script o
        property aa : choose file with prompt ("Choose PDF Files.") of type {"com.adobe.pdf"} ¬
            default location (path to desktop) with multiple selections allowed
        set my aa's beginning to choose folder with prompt ("Choose Destination Folder.") ¬
            default location (path to desktop)
        set args to ""
        repeat with a in my aa
            set args to args & a's POSIX path's quoted form & space
        end repeat
        property aa : argv
        set my aa's beginning to (choose folder with prompt ("Choose Destination Folder.") ¬
            default location (path to desktop))'s POSIX path
        set args to ""
        repeat with a in my aa
            set args to args & a's quoted form & space
        end repeat
        considering numeric strings
            if (system info)'s system version < "10.9" then
                set ruby to "/usr/bin/ruby"
            else
                set ruby to "/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby"
            end if
        end considering
        do shell script ruby & " <<'EOF' - " & args & "
require 'osx/cocoa'
include OSX
require_framework 'PDFKit'
outdir = ARGV.shift.chomp('/')
ARGV.select {|f| f =~ /\\.pdf$/i }.each do |f|
    url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath(f)
    doc = PDFDocument.alloc.initWithURL(url)
    path = doc.documentURL.path
    pcnt = doc.pageCount
    (0 .. (pcnt - 1)).each do |i|
        page = doc.pageAtIndex(i)
        page.string.to_s =~ /Number: \\S*/
        name = $&
        unless name
            puts \"no matching string in page #{i + 1} of #{path}\"
            next # ignore this page
        end
        newname = name[8..-1]
        doc1 = PDFDocument.alloc.initWithData(page.dataRepresentation) # doc for this page
        unless doc1.writeToFile(\"#{outdir}/#{newname}.pdf\")
            puts \"failed to save page #{i + 1} of #{path}\"
        end
    end
end
EOF"
    end script
    tell o to run
end _main
* Of course, actions 2) and 3) can be merged into one action. Or even all 3 actions can be merged into one. But I think a workflow with 3 separate actions is just fine.
Hope this may help,
H