applescript

I have the following script that worked fine under version 12.4 Update 8 but stopped working when I upgrade VeraCrypt to the newer version (1.25.4). I use OS 11 by the way and presently have reversed back to VeraCrypt 1.24 as I need the encrypted/decrypt files almost on a daily basis. I found...

OK, I was doing some reading and going through tutorials in order to learn AppleScript (I bought my first Mac about six months ago--lovin' it!--and I'm going for my Geek Badge). ;) Seriously though, as I was about halfway through the first tutorial, I asked myself, "What in the HECK is the point...

Hi, I was wondering if there way to set the system Date/Time with an applescript. Ive written a bunch of scripts but mostly pretty basic and alot stolen from examples. I just cant seem to find any concerning changing the system Date date. I'm running OSX 10.4 Tiger is ordered and...

I own a Power Mac G5 which has Office for mac 2004 installed on it. I have created several Applescripts using Safari, Excel, Filemaker Pro etc. and they run at a quick pace. I recently wrote some Visual Basic code for Excel 2004. The code does some calculations on data in an Excel...

I'm trying to create a custom record in a script, and then access its properties in a Tell statement. Like this:set y to {high:14, low:13, permutations:12} as record tell y return count end tellThat works just fine. However, I can't access high, low or permutations that way. "return high"...

Hi everyone, Is it possible to add a folder action to a folder and all other folders inside, that changes the label to the red colour is the file is a pdf? How easy is that?

when using display dialog "Say something." The dialog is an Ok + Cancel type. I'd like an "Ok" (confirmation) only dialog. How does one specify this?

My AppleScript is calling a console app with "do shell script." I would like to get the integer return from this console app. According to Apple: Great, how do I catch an AppleScript error? Digging, through docs, haven't found answer yet. Please to help.

ok. basically i want to make a script so that when i drag a file (some sort of movie) onto the icon, it converts that file to .mov format using ffmpegX. then i want to make another script that will convert .mov files to .mp4 files, using quicktime pro, with specific export settings (e.g...

Is there a list on the internet with all the Applescript commands and what they do? Also is there a web site where i can learn applescript for free? something like w3schools website but for applescript. thanks

Complete Newbie here with regards to AppleScript. I'm trying to make my own quick-key shortcut on an old Classic application (Hypercard) where there is no shortcut. I need to delete 365 cards from a stack. 'Delete Card' has no quick key shortcut. I'm hoping I can assign an 'F' key (F4 or...

This is actually a two part question: Part 1: I've written a C++ "SIOUX Console App." It runs fine from within CodeWarrior, and on other systems, but when I call it from the console (bash or c-shell) the system says "permission denied." I opened permissions to 777, so it's not a permission...

Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group Meeting The next meeting of the Philadelphia Area AppleScript Users Group (PAASUG) will be held on Friday, 07 October, from 6:30 - 8:30 PM, at The University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Griffith Hall, room 338, 600 South Forty-third Street...

I'm not quite sure if this belongs here or in the general Mac OSX section, but since It does have to do with AppleScript and programming, I figured this would be the best place for it. So I'm working in IT and we just got a mini here. I called Apple and they said that there is no way to make...

Can an applescript detect file open/close or application start/shutdown events? Can an applescript sit in the background and open another application whenever it detects that a file has been opened or closed, or an application (other than the one this script opens) has been started or...

Hello, I am trying to get an apple script that I have written to run on an Appleworks spreadsheet. (Script Editor 2.0 Appleworks 6.2.4 G4 running OS 10.3.9) When I run the script from the Script Editor with the Appleworks document open, it works just fine. The script copies numbers into...