Matt;
I really take offense at your tone. I was not lying.
I merely clipped out my personal details in order not to provide them
to the world.
The 'theScript' IS a string - constructed in ObjC differently than you
show but a string nonetheless.
Turns out the error was that an SDEF file had been renamed.
As Samuel Jackson said in "Black Snake Moan" -- "Collar that dog!",
Steve
On Mar 22, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:38:11 -0500, Steve Cronin
<steve_cro...@mac.com>
said:
Folks;
I'm trying to get a string value back from a simple AppleScript in
Cocoa:
NSDictionary *errorDict= nil;
NSAppleScript *appleScriptObject = [[NSAppleScript alloc]
initWithSource:theScript];
NSAppleEventDescriptor *eventDescriptor = [appleScriptObject
executeAndReturnError: &errorDict];
[appleScriptObject release];
if (([eventDescriptor descriptorType]) && (errorDict==nil)) {
return [self stringFromAppleEventDescriptor:eventDescriptor]; //my
own method that checks descriptorType and returns stringValue
} else {
NSLog(@"%@",[errorDict objectForKey:@"NSAppleScriptErrorMessage"]);
return nil;
}
The 'theScript' is a valid script that executes flawlessly in 'Script
Editor':
tell application "Finder"
try
comment of file ("/Users/steve/...." as POSIX file)
on error
return "Error"
end try
end tell
The problem is that the above errors out @ [appleScriptObject
executeAndReturnError: &errorDict];
The stack is shown below.
That's hard to answer because you're so obviously lying. You are not
reporting what you're really doing. What is theScript really? A
string? Show
us the string. And clearly you are not really saying /Users/
steve/...., so
show us what you *are* saying.
Let me show you how to answer. Here is a *complete* valid chunk of
*real*
Objective-C code:
NSString* theScript = @"tell application \"Finder\"\n"
@"try\n"
@"set pp to \"/Users/mattneub/Desktop/BrahmsHandel2.mus\"\n"
@"comment of file (pp as POSIX file)\n"
@"on error\n"
@"return \"Error\"\n"
@"end try\n"
@"end tell\n";
NSDictionary *errorDict= nil;
NSAppleScript *appleScriptObject = [[NSAppleScript alloc]
initWithSource:theScript];
NSAppleEventDescriptor *eventDescriptor = [appleScriptObject
executeAndReturnError: &errorDict];
[appleScriptObject release];
if (([eventDescriptor descriptorType]) && (errorDict==nil)) {
NSLog(@"%@", [eventDescriptor stringValue]);
} else {
NSLog(@"%@",[errorDict
objectForKey:@"NSAppleScriptErrorMessage"]);
}
I actually ran that code and it actually works (the finder comment
from the
specified file appears in the log). Okay, now it's your turn. :) m.
--
matt neuburg, phd = m...@tidbits.com, <http://www.tidbits.com/matt/>
A fool + a tool + an autorelease pool = cool!
AppleScript: the Definitive Guide - Second Edition!
http://www.tidbits.com/matt/default.html#applescriptthings
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