Problem with AppleScript command "Duplicate"?

Hi all.
I'm relatively new to AppleScript so I hope I can get some help here.
I'm writing a script for Aperture 3.0.3 that
1. Makes 4 new versions of the currently selected image
2. Applies 4 different image adjustment presets to the new versions.
3. Presents the 4 adjusted versions on screen.
Making duplicate versions with AppleScript was easy enough, but how do I get an ID for the newly created versions? The "Duplicate" command doesn't return any information at all.
How do I talk to image versions created with the duplicate command?
Can anyone help?
Message was edited by: Monostratos

Hi,
I'm also interested in a script like that. Have you had any success?
I've found this site, where you can purchase a similar script:
http://www.apertureexpert.com/storedetails/applescript-4-up-auto-levels-curves-r gb-luminance.html
/Christian

Similar Messages

Problems with 'df' command

Hello folks,
I'm having some problems with df command:
Output:
[nenemfromhell@myhost ~]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 999M 4.0K 999M 1% /dev
none 999M 4.0K 999M 1% /dev
/dev/sda8 133G 125G 2.0G 99% /media/DU
shm 999M 0 999M 0% /dev/shm
First: It doesn't show my root partition, but i can check it in gparted.
Second: /dev/sda8 is a NTFS partition that its size is 12GB
Thanks.
Last edited by nenemfromhell (2012-01-20 03:37:30)

Please include some detail as to how you solved the problem: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … way_Street

Problem with shell commands and scripts from an Applescript Application

Hi-
I am fairly new to OSX software development. I am trying to build an application that creates a reverse SSH tunnel to my computer and starts OSXvnc. The idea is that my Mom or anyone else who needs help can connect to me without having to tinker with their firewalls.
There are plenty of resources on how to do this, and I have found them. What I have a problem with is the following.
I am building this application in Xcode as an Applescript application, because Applescript and shell scripting are the only forms of programming I know. I use an expect script to connect through SSH, and a "do shell script" for the raw OSXvnc-server application to allow screen sharing.
The problem is that when I click on the button to launch OSXvnc-server or the button to launch SSH, the application freezes until the process it spawns is killed or finishes. For example, I can set SSH to timeout after 60 seconds of no connection, and then the Applescript application responds again. I even tried using the ssh -f command to fork the process, but that doesn't seem to help.
I am also using "try" around each of the items.
What am I doing wrong? How can I make the buttons in my app launch SSH and OSXvnc-server without hanging the application while it waits for them to finish?
Thanks so much!

See here for an explanation of the syntax.
(20960)

Problem with applescript dates from Numbers

Can anyone explain this to me please?
tell application "Numbers" to tell table 1 of sheet 1 of front document
set value of cell ("C2") to "=NOW()"
set nowDate to (value of cell "D2")
log nowDate
end tell
results in
26 Mar, 2013 5:10 PM
appearing in cell C2, but the log tells me
(*date Wednesday, 27 March 2013 6:10:14 AM*)
I realise that the date formats will differ - and one of Yvan Koenigs's useful postings explains that when we extract a date from a Numbers table we get a UTC date time value. He also showed how to get rid of that problem with the formula :
="" & ref_to_date_time_cell
But the UTC time when I obtained the above result was 4:10 am on 26th March, not 6:10 am on 27th March. Why is this?
Incidentally, is there a better way of putting the current date into an applescript variable?

If your local time is 5:10 PM on the 26th when the UTC time is 4:10 AM on the 26th, your local time is apparently 13 hours ahead of UTC. Therefore, if the UTC time were 5:10 PM on the 26th, your local time would be 6:10 AM on the 27th. There is nothing inconsistant here. Numbers' value is a local time, but AppleScript thinks it is UTC and converts it.
In general, the current date command in AppleScript would be the best way to put the current date into an AppleScript variable; no need to involve Numbers:
set nowDate to current date
(See the Miscellaneous Commands section of the Standard Additions dictionary in your AppleScript Editor.)

Problem with issuing command via CustomScriptExtension

I am trying to issue a CustomScriptExtension command to an Azure virtual machine from within my C# application. The CustomScriptExtension is installed in the VM and working. I verified this by issuing a test command via PowerShell. Essentially I am trying
to execute what would be the equivalent to the PowerShell command Set-AzureVMCustomScriptExtension, but in code.
Below is the code segment that I am having problems with:
ComputeManagementClient client = new ComputeManagementClient(AzureSessionInfo.CloudCredentials);
IList<ResourceExtensionReference> extReferences = new List<ResourceExtensionReference>();
IList<ResourceExtensionParameterValue> extParamValues = new List<ResourceExtensionParameterValue>();
string account = "{\"storageAccountName\":\"" + AzureSessionInfo.StorageAccount + "\",\"storageAccountKey\": \"" + AzureSessionInfo.StorageAccountKey + "\"}";
string scriptfile = "{\"fileUris\": [\"" + "https://teststorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/testcontainer" + "\"], \"commandToExecute\":\"powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -file " + "ScriptName.ps1" + "\"}";
byte[] bytes1 = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(account);
bytes1 = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(account);
string ScriptPrivateConfig = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes1);
byte[] bytes2 = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(scriptfile);
bytes2 = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(scriptfile);
string ScriptPublicConfig = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes2);
ResourceExtensionParameterValue extRef_Parameter1 = new ResourceExtensionParameterValue()
Key = "CustomScriptExtensionPrivateConfigParameter",
Value = ScriptPrivateConfig,
Type = "Private"
ResourceExtensionParameterValue extRef_Parameter2 = new ResourceExtensionParameterValue()
Key = "CustomScriptExtensionPublicConfigParameter",
Value = ScriptPublicConfig,
Type = "Public"
extParamValues.Add(extRef_Parameter1);
extParamValues.Add(extRef_Parameter2);
ResourceExtensionReference extRef_CustomScript = new ResourceExtensionReference
Name = "CustomScriptExtension",
Publisher = "Microsoft.Compute",
Version = "*",
ReferenceName = "CustomScriptExtension",
ResourceExtensionParameterValues = extParamValues
extReferences.Add(extRef_CustomScript);
AzureSessionInfo.CloudServiceName = "CS1000001";
AzureSessionInfo.VMName = "CS1000001";
AzureSessionInfo.ImageFamilyName = "Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter";
client.VirtualMachines.Update(AzureSessionInfo.CloudServiceName,
AzureSessionInfo.VMName,
AzureSessionInfo.VMName,
new VirtualMachineUpdateParameters
RoleName = AzureSessionInfo.VMName,
ResourceExtensionReferences = extReferences
I receive the following error message back from the call:
BadRequest: Invalid extension reference parameter value in JSON configuration data for the Role: CS1000001, Reference name: CustomScriptExtension.
I could only find very little documentation on this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks Mekh... after many hours of researching and trial/error, I figured it out.
The MSDN article I used previously led me down the wrong path. (see article here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn781373.aspx). This may work for RESTful calls but not for .NET API calls.
The part of the code that was hurting me was where the command strings (account and
scriptfile) were being converted to Base64 encoding. This is NOT correct for .NET calls. Once I removed that, everything worked fine.
I came across this after researching the same commands used by Linux scripts. They don't convert to Base64 either so I wonder why this is included in the documentation at all.
In either case, I figured it out, but the documentation is very poor in this area (or all together non-existent). I don't even see where it is documented as to which JSON parameters names are supposed to be used, or even that JSON is required.
Also, related to the Update command, if you are truly "updating" the config, you must include everything about the original config (whether it changed or not) along with the changes you want to make. If not then you will undo ALL but the changes
you issued via the command.

Problem with runas command. Elevation error

Running on Win 8.1 Pro I'm facing a problem with runas.
What I'm trying to do is launch an mmc as my domain admin account.
Therefore I type this command from an elevated cmd (Right-click "Run as Administrator"):
runas /user:Contoso\MyDomainAdmin /noprofile mmc
This worked like a charm in Windows 7, and on my Win81Pro client it yields:
RUNAS ERROR: Unable to run - mmc
740: The requested operation requires elevation.
The account I'm logged in with, is local admin, and the UAC slider is set in the bottom.
In the eventviewer, I only see some special logons where my normal account is trying to impersonate my domain admin account, and the next event, the domain admin's session is destroyed.
If this is by design, how would I then run mmc as my domain admin and at the same time avoid its credentials being stored on the local machine?
Thanks in advance!

yes, you need to be local admin to be able to elevate!
I've tested this on a system here and I reproduce the issue you encountered. Some investigation showed running a program that requires elevation using runas is not possible http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb756922.aspx
MCP/MCSA/MCTS/MCITP

Problems with AppleScript Editor.app in Snow Leopard

I have been using the Satimage.osax scripting addition with Script Editor.app in Leopard without problem. After I upgraded to Snow Leopard, the Script Editor.app was replaced by AppleScript Editor.app in which the following one-line script
change "," into "." in "3,1416"
compiles without error but it gives an error when I try to run it: as if AppleScript Editor.app was not able to load the ScriptingAdditions (despite the fact that it correctly shows the dictionary for the Satimage.osax scripting addition).
When I decided to get back the old "Script Editor.app" and use it in Snow Leopard to run the above script, I found... no error! It ran correctly.
Anybody observed similar problems with the AppleScript Editor.app and ScriptingAdditions?
Can anybody offer a solution other than trash the new AppleScript Editor.app and stick to the old Script Editor.app?

Post to the AppleScript forum under OS X Technologies and send a message to Satimage.

Problem with java commands

Hello,
I am able to run the java command on the command promt, but other commands like javap,javac are not working, its saying
"javap not recognized and internal or external command operable program or batch file"
what could be the problem?
thanks in adv
vakvarma

thanks for ur reply
its the problem with my path settings and i have corrented it

Small problem with applescript

Hello Again,
Every day I use a morning script to launch my programs I have to use... and some more things...
Aldo I have a problem with Golive.
When I try to type activate in the editor it makes a bigg A.
Also with cut and past.
and when i run the applescript-program it does all I need ( The golive part is at the end... but when I place it in the middle it's just stops.
I get this fault message : Can't continue <event Coreactv>
and i guess it has something to do with the A-ctivate
Is this a bugg? Or can someone explain this?
I would like to do more after launching Golive..
tell application "Extensis Suitcase X1"
activate
end tell
tell application "Mail"
activate
end tell
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
activate
end tell
tell application "QuarkXPress Passport"
activate
end tell
tell application "Adobe GoLive CS"
Activate
end tell

Some apps don't respond well to tell blocks. I don't have that app to test, but you could try using something like launch "TextEdit" or tell app "Finder" to open posix file "/Applications/TextEdit.app" to improve your results. Sometimes an ignoring application responses block can help too.

Problem with applescript for Numbers

I am new to Applescript and am haveng problems with what seems to be a pretty simple task. I want to check the value of each cell to test for a certain condition and then based on the results increment another cell. I keep getting the following error:
error "Numbers got an error: Can’t make {4, 5} into type integer." number -1700 from {4, 5} to integer
Here is my script:
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1 to tell sheet "Sheet 1" to tell table "Table 1"
          set fNineStart to 4
          set fNineEnd to 12
          set bNineStart to 14
          set bNineEnd to 22
          repeat with irow from 8 to 40
                    set skinscount to 0
                    repeat with jcol from fNineStart to fNineEnd
                              set minscore to value of cell (jcol & 5)
                              if value of cell (jcol & irow) is equal to minscore and the value of cell (jcol & 6) is equal to 1 then
                                        set skinscount to skinscount + 1
                              end if
                    end repeat
                    set the value of cell (27 & irow) to skinscount
          end repeat
end tell
Here is the spreadsheet:
Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Front
Nine
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Back
Nine
Total
Net
ESC
score
Skins
Par
4
4
4
5
3
4
5
3
4
36
4
5
3
4
5
3
4
4
4
36
birdie
3
3
3
4
2
3
4
2
3
27
3
4
2
3
4
2
3
3
3
27
eagle
2
2
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
18
2
3
1
2
3
1
2
2
2
18
low score
3
4
4
3
3
4
5
3
4
4
4
3
4
5
3
4
4
4
# of people with min.
1
3
1
1
1
2
4
1
2
16
2
1
2
3
3
2
1
4
2
Skins
HCP
Joe
y
3
3
4
5
5
3
4
5
4
5
38
5
5
4
4
5
3
4
4
5
39
77
74
Bill
y
7
5
4
5
5
4
4
5
4
4

Hi fairchild.bill,
Real experts will I hope chime in, but I think one problem is the way you are referring cells:
Instead of:
value of cell (jcol & irow)
I think you need to use something like:
value of cell irow of column jcol
And
value of cell jcol of row irow
Studying examples of scripts for Numbers 3 at macosxautomation.com may give you some ideas on this.
SG

Problems with AppleScript and MS Office 2011

The script below used to work great for converting MS Word files to PDF files. However, sometime during the last few months it has stopped working and will no longer compile without error. Possibly after upgrading to Mavericks but I'm not exactly sure when it stopped working, could have been an update to Office. Anyway, the error I'm getting when I compile is a Syntax Error, "Expected end of line but found class name". The editor highlights "document" in the line "set the_doc to active document". I'm not very familiar with Applescript but I have opened the scripting dictionary for Microsoft Word in the Applescript editor and I do see "active document" as a property of the "document" object. So why doesn't the compiler recognize it? Am I missing something obvious or was there some sort of change in Mavericks that broke this functionality?
I've been pulling my hair out trying to get this script working again but I have not had any luck. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Microsoft Office per instructions from Microsoft. I have all the latest updates and patches. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the original code which used to work just fine.
-- Stephen Norum
-- [email protected]
property pdf_ext : ".pdf"
on remove_extension(file_path)
    -- remove the extension if it exists
    set stripped to do shell script ("F=" & quoted form of file_path & " ; echo ${F%.*}")
    return stripped
end remove_extension
on get_pdf_path(doc_path)
    set doc_path to remove_extension(doc_path)
    -- Try the simple name first
    set pdf_path to (doc_path & pdf_ext)
    -- Otherwise, number the pdfs
    set counter to 1
    tell application "Finder"
        repeat while (exists pdf_path)
            set pdf_path to (doc_path & " " & counter & pdf_ext)
            set counter to counter + 1
        end repeat
    end tell
    return pdf_path
end get_pdf_path
on run {input, parameters}
    repeat with file_name in input
        tell application "Microsoft Word"
            open file_name
            set the_doc to active document
            set doc_path to path of the_doc
        end tell
        set pdf_path to get_pdf_path(doc_path)
        tell application "Microsoft Word"
            save as active document file name pdf_path file format format PDF
            close active document
        end tell
    end repeat
    tell application "Finder"
        activate
    end tell
    return input
end run

try this syntax:
                    tell application "Microsoft Word"
save as (active document) file name pdf_path file format PDF
                    end tell
Apparently they changed the enumeration label from format PDF to just plain old PDF without bothering to update the scripting dictionary or ensure backward compatibility. If you want to know how they managed to do that, they are still not using sdef or even scriptSuite xml files, but are loading the scripting information from old-school (i.e. os 8 or os 9 style) resource files.
I've occasionally considered writing Microsoft a proposal to redo the Office scripting dictionaries so they are less crazy-making, but I'm not sure I'd survive the attempt.

Problem with AT command in LOOP

Hi Experts,
here i ve a problem like, in my table there are 3 PSPHI(projects) values,
if i loop n calculate the sum it is getting total amt for 3 PSPHI values,
but i want every end of PSPHI i need sum.
the below code is working fine if there is no AT coomand, if i put AT END OF PSPHI it is giving 00.00 values.
LOOP AT it_final into it_output.
   AT END OF PSPHI.
    if it_final-wrttp = '04'
       AND it_final-vorga = 'COIN'
       AND it_final-beltp = '02'
       AND it_final-versn = '000'.
   t_pla_rev = t_pla_rev + it_output-wlp01.
    MOVE it_output-wlp01 TO pla_rev.
    sum = sum + pla_rev.
      if sy-subrc EQ 0.
        else.
        write:/10 ' u r not ok'.
    endif.
e ndif.
append it_output.
*ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.
write:/10 'total amt is', sum.
could anybady check where i gone wrong pls...
Thanks in advance,
sudharsan.

Hi,
What is your table structure.
The command AT ........ENDAT work in sequential order.
Let me explain with example.
if your table itab has two column column1 and column2
loop at itab into wa.
at new column2.
// This will execute when the Value of column 1 change or column2
// change.
endat.
endlloop.
The solution of your problem is.
Change your internal table column order ,
Put the column first for which you want to calculate the sum.
Thanks & Regards
Kulvendra Kumar

PROBLEM WITH USER COMMAND AT SIMPLE REPORT

HII FRNDS
MY PROBLEM IS
WHEN I AM BRANCHING TO A LIST REPORT FROM MY ALV REPORT BY USING LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING . THEN IN MY LIST REPORT I AM HAVING 2 MORE CUSTOMIZED BUTTON . BUT THE THING IS THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO MAKE THAT BUTTON FUNCTION .
CAN ANY BODY HELP ME WITH HOW TO MAKE THAT BUTTON WORK IN THE SIMPLE REPORT . I HAVE USED AT USER COMMAND IN THE BEGINING OF REPORT BUT STILL ITS NOT WORKING .
THANKING YOU
ROHIT

HII FRNDS THIS IS THE CODE
CASE R_UCOMM.
    WHEN 'DISPLAY1'.
      LOC_INDEX = 1 .
      SET PF-STATUS 'STATUS' EXCLUDING 'DISPLAY1'.
      LOOP AT INT_OUTPUT INTO WA_OUTPUT
                         WHERE CHECKBOX = WC_MARKED.
        APPEND WA_OUTPUT TO INT_DISPLAY .
      ENDLOOP.
      LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING .
      PERFORM F9100_DISPLAY_DETAILS USING LOC_INDEX.
ENDCASE.
AT USER-COMMAND .
CASE SY-UCOMM.
WHEN 'BACK'.
BREAK-POINT.
       PERFORM F9100_DISPLAY_DETAILS USING LOC_INDEX.
ENDCASE.
THE PERFORM F9100 DISPLAYES THE LIST REPORT . THERE ARE NO SPELLING ERRORS FRNDS .

Problem with rename command in ftp_command

hi all ,
i am facing a problem in renaming a file by rename command...
this is how i am calling the fm ftp_command
CALL FUNCTION 'FTP_COMMAND'
    EXPORTING
      handle        = g_handle
      command       = 'RENAME l_templine_file l_templine_file1'
    TABLES
      data          = l_i_temp_line
    EXCEPTIONS
      tcpip_error   = 1
      command_error = 2
      data_error    = 3
      OTHERS        = 4.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
here l_templine_file   - dev00227.header.tmp
l_templine_file1 - dev00227.header.txt
the fm is failing that the error meassage is FTP subcommand error
can u suggest where i am going wrong in this...

hi,
May be the command you are passing is incorrect syntax..
Pass the values like this..
l_templine_file = 'c:\dev00227.header.tmp' " this should be with path'
l_templine_file1 = 'dev00227.header.txt'" this is just the name of file
If not worked..then Try writing in small letters//
write
command = 'rename l_templinefile l_templine1'.
rewards if useful
Hope this solves..
regards,
nazeer
Message was edited by:
        nazeer shaik
Message was edited by:
        nazeer shaik
Message was edited by:
        nazeer shaik

I photo / i life '06, problems with 'shuffle', and duplicates ! ?

hi.
am using ilife '06... trying to 'shuffle' photos in a slideshow in iphoto.
my 'help' function says to go to 'settings' and select 'shuffle'. (which was possible in the old iphoto)... BUT when i do so, i don't see a 'shuffle' bubble available to be checked off.
ALSO
in itunes, it's possible to elimate duplicate songs by pressing 'show duplicates', then deleting them. why doesn't this seem possible to do in iphoto?
i can duplicate a photo, but not identify the duplicates, then delete them....

To get a shuffle slideshow you need to select the album with your photos and then click on the Play button at right side of the bottom tool bar. It if doesn't show click on the >> button at the right to get to it. That will send to to
the setting pane for that folder's slideshow. You can save the settings so you don't have to reset them each time. Then Option-clicking the play button will take you to directly to the slideshow, bypassing the settings pane.
You can add and remove photos from the album and keep the slideshow settings.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
MBP 2.16Ghz; G5 Dual Core 2GHz, 2G RAM ea, 250G HD; G4 Dual 1Ghz, 1.5G RAM; Mac OS X (10.4.10) 22" LCD, 710G FW HDs, Canon: SD700IS/i850/LIDE 50, Epson R200, 30G iPod, 2G Nano

Problem with AppleScript command "Duplicate"?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for