Property List Question

I have a (nested) Property List set up (with lists within it)
and I'm wanting to know if I can substitute one of the names a sub
list with a property behaviou variable. I'm wanting to return the
names from the list and put these into a text field - the list will
be huge so I don't want to write a separate behaviour for each time
I reference the list to find a name and would like to do it via a
bahaviour.
For example the main list using dot syntax could be
referenced like this
gControlList.sectionHeading.subSection1.getPropAt(1) -- to
find the first property of the subSection list
And what I'm wanting to do is update or swap this so that I
can check the 'subSection' property with a variable sent from a
behaviour (from a getPropertyDescription thing) For example:
set x = subSection2 (this would be set via the behaviour so I
can get the values/names from the Property List)
gControlList.sectionHeading.x.getPropAt(1)
So is it possible to get the 'x' into the list so its
actually referencing SubSection2? I'm wanting to return the names
from the list and put these into a text field - the list will be
huge so I don't want to write a separate bahaviour for each time I
reference the list to find a name and would like to do it via a
bahaviour
I can't find a way to do this - any help would be appreciated
- Thanks

You might find some inspiration in the List Handlers script
that you can find
here.

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Etrecheck results and damaged Property List Data

In the past couple of weeks I have discovered several problems with my (mid-2010) iMac (System: OS X 10.9.4). First of all, Safari does not automatically open when I boot my computer. Although the computer appears to work alright otherwise, I then suddenly began having problems with it failing to scan documents from my HP L7780. Having a large project requiring the scanning of hundreds of documents, I’m at a standstill until I solve this problem.
Setup:
1. 120GB Internal SSD with OS X (10.9.4) used as main disk with frequently used applications and documents.
2. 1TB Internal Hard Disk with seldom used applications and documents.
3. 1TB External Hard Disk with two partitions:
A) Backup for 120GB Internal SSD,
B) Backup for 1TB internal Hard Disk. (The 1TB internal Hard Disk has only 124GB. Obviously, a much better setup would be to have just one 250GB internal SSD and one external backup for that drive.)
The problem appears to be with the software on the SSD and not the software on the internal hard drive.
Procedures taken:
1. Backed up SSD and reinstalled a fresh copy of OS X 10.9.4 via the Recovery partition using ⌘-R.
2. Attempted to Repair Disk Permissions on SSD again from the Recovery partition. Printout is extremely long.
3. Ran all the tests on TechTool Pro from the external backup. No problems found.
4. Ran all the tests on DiskWarrior from the DiskWarrior disk on both the internal Hard Disk and the internal SSD.
When I scanned the internal Hard Disk with DiskWarrior for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility, no problems were found.
Concerning the internal SSD, using DiskWarrior I had to rebuild the directory several times to (supposedly) completely repair the disk. When I scanned the internal SSD for files and folders for damage and potential compatibility I FOUND A LONG LIST OF PROBLEMS. I’m listing only two (of dozens) below:
******************** BEGINNING OF DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
DiskWarrior scanned the disk named "SSD" checking all files and folders for damage and potential compatibility
problems.!
Disk: "SSD"!
The Property List data was checked in 4,846 files.!
The Resource Data was checked in 4,623 files.!
The maximum Folder Depth on this disk is 20. This does not exceed the maximum recommended depth.!
Location: "Desktop"!
File: "._browserExtentionVersion.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/"!
File: "._Extensions.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/Safari/"!
******************** END OF ABBREVIATED DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
I realize that some of these files are invisible, however I do have InVisible 1.2.1. In checking out some invisible folders I find that they have a white minus sign on a red circle on the bottom right corner of the folder icon which means that (apparently) I do not have Sharing & Permissions for this folder.
QUESTION: So, how can I delete a damaged plist in this situation?
In addition, I ran an EtreCheck. Below is a copy of the report:
******************** BEGINNING OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
EtreCheck version: 1.9.13 (49)
Report generated August 13, 2014 at 11:39:27 AM EDT
Hardware Information: ?
iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac11,3
1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
ATI Radeon HD 5670 - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 2560 x 1440
System Software: ?
OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:13:33
Disk Information: ?
WDC WD10EARX-00PASB0 disk1 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Hard Disk (disk1s2) /Volumes/Hard Disk: 999.86 GB (875.11 GB free)
Samsung SSD 840 Series disk0 : (120.03 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
SSD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119.04 GB (54.41 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information: ?
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
DYMO DYMO LabelWriter 450
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Gatekeeper: ?
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ?
[not loaded] com.dymo.usbprinterclassdriver.kext (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
Launch Daemons: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[running] com.dymo.pnpd.plist Support
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist Support
Launch Agents: ?
[running] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ?
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
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User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Mail
Safari
xScan
xScan
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Internet Plug-ins: ?
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
DYMO NPAPI Addin: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.145 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
DYMO Safari Addin: Version: (null) - SDK 10.5 Support
Safari Extensions: ?
iTube Studio (Disabled)
AdBlock-2 (Disabled)
Awesome Screenshot-2 (Disabled)
MapTricks
Audio Plug-ins: ?
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins: ?
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes: ?
Flash Player Support
TechTool Protection Support
Time Machine: ?
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ?
      2% WindowServer
      2% xScan
      1% fontd
      0% coreservicesd
      0% hidd
Top Processes by Memory: ?
197 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
115 MB TextEdit
66 MB xScan
66 MB mds_stores
66 MB Safari
Virtual Memory Information: ?
13.34 GB Free RAM
1.27 GB Active RAM
225 MB Inactive RAM
1.17 GB Wired RAM
305 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
******************** END OF ETRECHECK REPORT ********************
When attempting to repair permissions in Disk First Aid, there are hundreds (thousands?) of entries stating that they have been repaired. However, when immediately repeating the test, I get the same report.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

colimotl wrote:
1. 120GB Internal SSD with OS X (10.9.4) used as main disk with frequently used applications and documents.
2. 1TB Internal Hard Disk with seldom used applications and documents.
I don't think it is related to your problem, but just so you know, you should only run applications from the Applications folder. There are some low-level interactions between the system and software that may be broken if applications are installed elsewhere. I know this is true for help. It could be true about other things as well. If you need to, you can use the Applications folder in your home directory instead.
File: "._browserExtentionVersion.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/"!
File: "._Extensions.plist"!
Detected that Property List data is damaged and cannot be repaired.!
Unexpected character ! at line 1!
Location: "SSD/Users/danielbollhoefer/Library/Application Support/iSkysoft iTube Studio/ResourceForFree/5_0/
__MACOSX/50003/BrowserExtentsions/Safari/"!
******************** END OF ABBREVIATED DISKWARRIOR REPORT ********************
I realize that some of these files are invisible, however I do have InVisible 1.2.1. In checking out some invisible folders I find that they have a white minus sign on a red circle on the bottom right corner of the folder icon which means that (apparently) I do not have Sharing & Permissions for this folder.
QUESTION: So, how can I delete a damaged plist in this situation?
Those files are not damaged. Nor are the plist files. They are AppleDouble files meant for cross platform use on a non-Apple server or inside a zip file. They should never exist in this form on a Mac.
User Login Items: ?
iTunesHelper
SpeechSynthesisServer
Mail
Safari
xScan
xScan
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Why do you have two xScans here? Try removing everything from Mail down and see if things work better.
When attempting to repair permissions in Disk First Aid, there are hundreds (thousands?) of entries stating that they have been repaired. However, when immediately repeating the test, I get the same report.
Don't worry about those: Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore

Creating a Dynamic Property LIst

Hi everyone,
How to make a dynamic Property list in lingo
Actually the problem is I am fetching a list of Columns from
the databse which may vary so I want to make a dynamic PropertyList
in which I can Set the property and the values based on the number
of colums in a Database
For Example: In the DB, I have a Table which contains
follwing columns
FName, LName,CompName, Age, Address1, Address2, Email,
website
Now I will select specific colums based on some condition. So
I will be storing the result which would come in a property list.
So this List needs to be Dynamic i.e it should be getting created
based on the colums returned from the query.
Suppose for a specific condition i get Fname, Lname, Email as
a result so my List should look some thing like This
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
listQueryResult = [#FirstName : objRecord[1], #LastName :
objRecord[2], #Email : objRecord[3] ]
The Above List shoud be based on nos of colums returned from
the Query
Is there any way by which i can create such a Dynamic
Property List.
I hope the Question is Clear
Hope to get the answer at the earliest
-Thanks and Regards
-Atul Saxena

You can create a new empty property list like this:
listQueryResult = [:]
To add a property/value pair, you can use:
listQueryResult[
<propertyName>
] =
<value>
or:
listQueryResult.setaProp(
<propertyName>
<value>
The above two commands will add the property if it doesn't
exist, or update a value if the property name is already present in
the list.
You may not be aware that you can use strings as property
names instead of symbols if you like, which you might find easier.
Couple of examples following your example:
listQueryResult = [:]
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
listQueryResult["FName"] = objRecord[1]
listQueryResult["LName"] = objRecord[2]
(etc)
Or, if you also have a list of the fieldnames returned from
the db:
listQueryResult = [:]
fieldNames = objResult.fieldNames --Field names for records
returned from Database
objRecord = objResult.rows[1] --Row Returned from the
Database
repeat with n=1 to fieldNames.count
thisFieldName = fieldNames[n]
thisFieldValue = objRecord[n]
listQueryResult[thisFieldName] = thisFieldValue
end repeat
hope this helps!
- Ben

Help with how to setup property list correctly

I am developing an iPhone application and I need a database to store data.
Since it's small amount of data I'll go for Property List.
But I have zero experience with it. I was hoping you could help me set it up.
It's an app based on karate techniques required for each belt.
Firstly I need the top category to be the belt. and a subcategory for EACH belt to be Requirements, Stances, Blocks, Hand Techniques, Foot Techniques, Kata and Kumite.
How do I do that?

<?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>Rows</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Belt 1</string>
<key>Children</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Requirements</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Stances</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Blocks</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Hand Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Foot Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Kata</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B1 Kumite</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>Belt 2</string>
<key>Children</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Requirements</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Stances</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Blocks</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Hand Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Foot Techniques</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Kata</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Title</key>
<string>B2 Kumite</string>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Use Xcode to copy/paste more belts. Rename belts as needed.
This is only the plist structure for drilling down and does not include details for each category beyond the items shown.
You can't be doing any of this if you have zero experience - you'll have questions for every tiny step and unless someone builds your app for you, you'll go ahead very, very slowly.
It is up to anyone with zero experience to spend time going thru the most basic hello world tutorials, as an example, and learn enough to be able to gain some traction on their own...this is not trivial stuff that you can just install a few tools and make what you want the next day, sorry.
See this post for beginner resources:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2218661
- come back when you've exhausted those and need specific help untangling something or if you get confused as you progress on your own...not just in over your head at the very beginning.

Misplaced thumbnails - duplicate tinyCacheIndex in property list

I'm one of the users who's been frustrated lately with the wrong thumbnail showing up at times (with Aperture 2.1 at present, but I saw this frequently with 2.0). I've tracked down what I think is the immediate source of the issue, though I haven't had the time to verify this in detail yet.
I have two images which share the same thumbnail. If I rebuild the thumbnail for one of them, it will show up on both.
Looking at the "Version-1.apversion" property list file in the Aperture library for these two images, they both have the same value for the tinyCacheIndex property:
<key>tinyCacheIndex</key>
<integer>155</integer>
I'm assuming that this is an index into the AP.Tinies file, and that sharing the index is a Bad Thing.
My guess, though I haven't verified it yet, is that this can happen when moving a photo between projects. (Or perhaps it could happen, in 1.x or 2.0, if the problem has now been fixed.)
Rebuilding the library (command-option at startup) does not seem to detect/fix this problem.
I haven't yet been brave (foolish?) enough to manually change the index value.
Perhaps this will help out one of the engineers at Apple address this issue.

Praveen,
There are two issues here.
“Loading property information list by namespace failed or property not found in the list. Verify that the schema is deployed properly” issue is normally due to the deployment issues. This more often occurs when you have same schema with multiple
version and this issue is due to the sequence/order in which these two schemas are deployed. If you run the following SQL query in your BizTalk management db replacing it with your target namespace of the schema deployed
SELECT *
FROM bt_XMLShare
WHERE target_namespace like N'http://YourTaggetNameSpace'
You shall see two version of the same schema listed and both of them should have Activate flag set to 1. If any of the schemas is set to 0, then you will have the above mentioned issues. This is due to the way the different versions of the schemas are deployed.
You can undeply both the version, deploy them together or deploy the older version first and the later version later.
And for another issue of custom property not updating the MessageType property, debug the pipeline component code. This issue has no direct impact to the above issue. If you you’re your Message Type to be updated and if it’s not getting changed, then debug
the code and check why its not been updated.
If this answers your question please mark it accordingly. If this post is helpful, please vote as helpful by clicking the upward arrow mark next to my reply.

Adjusting system.log with Property List Editor

Hi,
I had my system.log set up to rotate every seven days by using the Property List Editor with my older 2.0GHz Mac Mini OS X.5.8. I have upgraded to a faster Mini OS X.6.4 and now the system.log renews every day. Can someone tell me which plist I need to edit to get my system.log to go back to renewing every seven days? I am getting tired of having to change the permissions every day to view the log, and I want a longer time span in each log.
Thanks,
Paul

4paul3 wrote:
Thank you Charlie that worked great. One thing I should point out is this has to be done from your Admin account in 10.6 and you have to type:
sudo edit /etc/newsyslog.conf
Actually, that sudo shouldn't be necessary: TextWrangler should ask you first if you want to unlock the file to make changes. When you want to save it should ask you to authenticate, and then it can save the file. But you're probably right about being in your admin account.
Now, please accept my apology for not getting to this sooner but I had a medical thing scheduled and I have not been qualified to do Terminal commands or type coherently for quite some time. I’ve only recently had a clear head so I’m getting to this now. Thank you again this is wonderful.
You're welcome. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.
I do have one question though. For future reference for anyone wanting to do this if I want the log to rotate every two weeks instead of every week and save the last seven logs what would be the entries that I would make in the TextWrangler document?
In that case, I think you'd make the "when" field just a number of hours. In this case, 336 (168 hours per week times 2 weeks):
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/system.log 640 7 * 168 J
I haven't tested the two week interval, though, since it's kind of a long time...
Or, if I wanted to have the log rotate after it reaches 2MB and save the last seven logs what would be the commands to use in the TextWrangler document?
Just change the "when" field to an asterisk, the "count" field 7, and "size" 2048:
# logfilename [owner:group] mode count size when flags [/pid_file] [sig_num]
/var/log/system.log 640 7 2048 * J
Thank you again for your input it is greatly appreciated!!
You're welcome. Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense...
charlie

Sorting property lists

Okay, I know that you can use the sort() function to
automatically sort a
property list - damn handy at that. The trick is, this
function sorts the
list in order of the properties. So i fI want a list of
records sorted by
Name, then Date, then Amount, I simply have to make sure that
the properties
for each record are declared in that order. Here's the
kicker: Say I want
the user to be able to change the sort-order on the fly. Give
them buttons
to change it to sorting by Date first or Amount first. Or
make it possible
to have the list sort in reverse order. Are there any easy
ways of doing
that? (Short of going through each record and rebuilding them
from scratch
in a different order each time - that would probably work,
but it'd be slow
as dirt on a large data set.) This sort of feature is built
into the OS
(both Win and Mac), and even a feature used in Director's own
Cast window in
List mode, so one would think it'd be available to scripters,
but I can't
seem to find a way to do it.

> What do you do with it once it's sorted? Can you just
display the data in
> the sorted order but leave it as is in the list?
Yes, as a matter of fact, the original list must remain
unsorted. (Entries
must stay in the order they're added for cross-referencing
purposes.) What
I've been doing is copying the master-list to a new list for
sort-and-display purposes. The display list also has a
variety of filtering
options to only display some of the master-list items by
type. But my
method for generating the display list copies entire records
as a whole,
rather than building each record item by item, so I have
little say over
which order the properties end up in. (Copying the records
item by item
takes about 5 times as long, processor-wise, I've found.
While there's a
slight delay when generating and sorting the filtered lists,
it's still
within the acceptable range. The delay caused by trying to do
them item by
item is far too long to be acceptable. I'm not sure if
interfacing with a
database would be better or not, but it sounds like that's
just getting
overly complex for this purpose. I may have to look into DB
management for
other reasons, though, so it's not out of the question. I'm
just surprised
that there isn't an option within the program to do something
like this,
like:
propList.sort(#name)
That would be a really elegant way to handle it - if only, if
only... Oh
well.

AppleScript 10.9.0 System Events -10006 Update property list file item

Have AppleScript that runs without error on Mountain Lion 10.8.5, but errors out on Mavericks 10.9.0.
At end of script, property list items need to be updated and this is when error occurs.
Put together a subset of the script, see below) that get the error
Statement reads "set value of property list item "ArrayList001" to ArrayList001"
Text of error:
     error "System Events got an error: 'xxx.plist' is not a property list file."
     number -10006 from contents of property list file "xxx05.plist"
=============================================================================
property myPListFile : "cbmck05.plist"
property myPListFilePath : ""
property constPreviousRunDay : "PreviousRunDay"
on run
   set today to "Date01" as string
          set List001 to {}
          set List002 to {}
          set myPListFilePath to ""
          repeat with i from 1 to 8
                    set end of List001 to (i * 2) as string
          end repeat
          set myPListFilePath to path to desktop folder from user domain as string
          set fileMyPList to (myPListFilePath & myPListFile) as string
clear_file(fileMyPList)
-- First time! need to initalize
          tell application "System Events"
-- create an empty property list dictionary item
                    set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}
-- create new property list file using the empty dictionary list item as contents
                    set new_plistfile to ¬
make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:fileMyPList}
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of new_plistfile ¬
with properties {kind:string, name:constPreviousRunDay, value:today}
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of new_plistfile ¬
                              with properties {kind:list, name:"ArrayList001"}
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of new_plistfile ¬
                              with properties {kind:list, name:"ArrayList002"}
          end tell
          set previousRunDate to today
          set xxList to (repopulate_lists())
          set ArrayList001 to List001
          set ArrayList002 to List002
-- save info in the plist file
          tell application "System Events"
                    tell property list file fileMyPList
                              tell contents
                                        set value of property list item constPreviousRunDay to previousRunDate
                                        set value of property list item "ArrayList001" to ArrayList001     --   <<< ------- error caused by the statement
                                        set value of property list item "ArrayList002" to ArrayList002
                              end tell
                    end tell
          end tell
end run
-- ==========================================
on repopulate_lists()
          set newList to {}
          set List002 to {}
          repeat with i from 1 to 8
                    set end of newList to i as string
          end repeat
          set List001 to newList
          return List001
end repopulate_lists
-- ==========================================
-- Does the file exist?
on fileExists(f)
          try
f as string as alias
                    return true
          on error errMsg number errNum
                    return false
          end try
end fileExists
-- Delete the files if exist
on clear_file(aFile)
          if fileExists(aFile) then
                    tell application "Finder"
                              set resultObject to delete aFile
                    end tell
          end if
end clear_file

Here's an AppleScript handler that partially works around this bug (warning: it turns each list item into a string).
on plistWrite(plistPath, plistItemName, plistItemValue)
-- version 1.1, Daniel A. Shockley
-- 1.1 - rough work-around for Mavericks bug where using a list for property list item value wipes out data
          if class of plistItemValue is class of {"a", "b"} and AppleScript version of (system info) as number ≥ 2.3 then
-- Convert each list item into a string and escape it for the shell command:
-- This will fail for any data types that AppleScript cannot coerce directly into a string.
                    set plistItemValue_forShell to ""
                    repeat with oneItem in plistItemValue
                              set plistItemValue_forShell to plistItemValue_forShell & space & quoted form of (oneItem as string)
                    end repeat
                    set shellCommand to "defaults write " & quoted form of POSIX path of plistPath & space & plistItemName & space & "-array" & space & plistItemValue_forShell
do shell script shellCommand
                    return true
          else -- handle normally, since we aren't dealing with Mavericks list bug:
                    tell application "System Events"
-- create an empty property list dictionary item
                              set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}
                              try
                                        set plistFile to property list file plistPath
                              on error errMsg number errNum
                                        if errNum is -1728 then
                                                  set plistFile to make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistPath}
                                        else
                                                  error errMsg number errNum
                                        end if
                              end try
                              tell plistFile
                                        try
                                                  tell property list item plistItemName
                                                            set value to plistItemValue
                                                  end tell
                                        on error errMsg number errNum
                                                  if errNum is -10006 then
make new property list item at ¬
                                                                      end of property list items of contents of plistFile ¬
with properties ¬
                                                                      {kind:class of plistItemValue, name:plistItemName, value:plistItemValue}
                                                  else
                                                            error errMsg number errNum
                                                  end if
                                        end try
                              end tell
                              return true
                    end tell
          end if
end plistWrite

Property List error: Unexpected character b at line 1 / JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.

Hi,
I have a MBP 13' Late 2011 and Yosemite 10.10.2 (14C1514).
Until yesterday, I was using Garmin ConnectIQ SDK and all was working fine.
Yesterday, I've updated my system with latest security updates and Xcode updates too (Version 6.2 (6C131e)).
Since, I can't launch the ConnectIQ simulator app, I have this message in console :
8/04/2015 15:19:04,103 mds[38]: There was an error parsing the Info.plist for the bundle at URL Info.plist -- file:///Volumes/Leto/connectiq-sdk-mac-1.1.0_2/ios/ConnectIQ.bundle/
The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format.
<CFBasicHash 0x7fa64f44e9a0 [0x7fff7dfc7cf0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 2,
entries =>
0 : <CFString 0x7fff7df92580 [0x7fff7dfc7cf0]>{contents = "NSDebugDescription"} = <CFString 0x7fa64f44f0a0 [0x7fff7dfc7cf0]>{contents = "Unexpected character b at line 1"}
1 : <CFString 0x7fff7df9f5e0 [0x7fff7dfc7cf0]>{contents = "kCFPropertyListOldStyleParsingError"} = Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format." (Conversion of string failed.) UserInfo=0x7fa64f44eda0 {NSDebugDescription=Conversion of string failed.}
I have looked at this file and it looks like a binary plist
bplist00ß^P^V^A^B^C^D^E^F^G^H
^K^L^M^N^O^P^Q^R^S^T^U^V^W^X^Y^Z^[^\^]^^^_ !"$%&'()'+,^[\CFBundleNameWDTXcodeYDTSDKName_^P^XNSHumanReadableCopyrightZDTSDKBuild_^P^YCFBundleDevelopmentRegion_^P^OCFBundleVersi on_^P^SBuildMachineOSBuild^DTPlatformName_^P^SCFBundlePackageType_^P^ZCFBundleShortVersionString_^P^ZCFBundleSupportedPlatforms_^P^]CFBundleInfoDictionaryVersion_^P^RCFBundleE xecutableZDTCompiler_^P^PMinimumOSVersion_^P^RCFBundleIdentifier^UIDeviceFamily_^P^QDTPlatformVersion\DTXcodeBuild_^P^QCFBundleSignature_^P^ODTPlatformBuildYConnectIQT0611[iph oneos8.1o^P-^@C^@o^@p^@y^@r^@i^@g^@h^@t^@ ^@©^@ ^@2^@0^@1^@5^@ ^@G^@a^@r^@m^@i^@n^@.^@ ^@A^@l^@l^@ ^@r^@i^@g^@h^@t^@s^@ ^@r^@e^@s^@e^@r^@v^@e^@d^@.V12B411RenQ1V14C109Xiphoneos TBNDLS1.0¡#XiPhoneOSS6.0YConnectIQ_^P"com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0S8.1_^P^Tcom.garmin.ConnectIQ¡*^P^AW6A2008aT????^@^H^@7^@D^@L^@V^@q^@|^@<98>^@ª^@À^@Ï^@å^A^B^A^_^A?^AT^ A_^Ar^A<87>^A<96>^Aª^A·^AË^AÝ^Aç^Aì^Aø^BU^B\^B_^Ba^Bh^Bq^Bv^Bz^B|^B<85>^B<89>^B<93>^B¸^B¼^BÓ^BÕ^B×^Bß^@^@^@^@^@^@^B^A^@^@^@^@^@^@^@-^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^Bä
I guess it is a normal format but my system seems to be unable to read binary plist ?
I tried some stuff with plutil
plutil -lint Info.plist
Info.plist: Unexpected character b at line 1
Same for convert
plutil -convert xml1 Info.plist
Info.plist: Property List error: Unexpected character b at line 1 / JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.
I also try to download a fresh version of the connectIQ SDK and no changes.
Any idea ?
Thanks

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I am trying to insert a variable in place of a newly defined
property to be added to a poroperty list.
This would normally add a new a new property to a poroperty
list :
Database [#needtogetvariablehere] = typedPassword
-- 'Database' is the property list, 'needtogetvariablehere'
is the new poperty and 'typedPassword' is the new property's value
- thisall works fine.
I'd like to generate new property names dynamically using an
editable text box. How do I replace the new property name '
nedtogetvariablehere' with a variable?
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Craig
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> Hi.
>
> I am trying to insert a variable in place of a newly
defined property to
> be
> added to a poroperty list.
>
> This would normally add a new a new property to a
poroperty list :
>
> Database [#needtogetvariablehere] = typedPassword
>
> -- 'Database' is the property list,
'needtogetvariablehere' is the new
> poperty
> and 'typedPassword' is the new property's value -
thisall works fine.
>
> I'd like to generate new property names dynamically
using an editable text
> box. How do I replace the new property name '
nedtogetvariablehere' with
> a
> variable?
>
> I'm sure I've got to put some rounded brackets in
somewhere but everything
> I
> try spits out a syntax error.
>
> eg:
>
> myVariable = "blablabla"
>
> Database [#(myVariable)] = typedPassword
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>

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<plist version="1.0">
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<integer>3</integer>
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<dict>
<key>amount</key>
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After using DiskWarrior to check files and folders, DW says that the Property List is damaged and cannnot be repaired. This is in ~Library/cookies/apple.appstore.plist. Something about the character "c" at line 1.
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Ron

Ron....
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DiskWarrior is telling me that "Property List data is damaged" in four .plist files in the Aperture Library.aplibrary/Database/History/Changes folder. Three say "unexpected EOF" and one says "Value missing for key inside <dict> at line 181". Is there anything I can/should do about this? Should I delete the files? Thanks.
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I've never paid much attention to this folder before and it's not clear just what 'changes' they are referring to but I wouldn;t get to worked up about it. Just make sure you have good working backups (as you should have anyway) and remember the next time you run DiskWarrior you'll probably see these errors.
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==================
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Although I'm working in JDeveloper, I really believe this is a Toplink Essentials question...
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