Calculated AppleScript

[Agnes Riley]

I have written the following calculated AppleScript:

"tell application " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) & ¶ &
"activate" & ¶ &
"open" & Quote ( "Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:Guild_Word_Template.dotx") & ¶ &
"set theDate to current date" & ¶ &
"set text of active document to theDate as text" & ¶ &
"save as active document file name " & Quote ( UIN_FOCUS::GT_WORD_FILE_NAME ) & ¶ &
"end tell" & ¶ &
"tell application " & Quote ( "System Events" ) & ¶ &
	"tell process " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) & ¶ &
		"keystroke " & Quote ( "v" ) & " using {command down}" & ¶ &
                "set theRange to (create range active document start 0 end 23)" & ¶ &
"end tell"  & ¶ &
"end tell"

I have a problem with the line that starts "set theRange". I actually have two more lines after this that I've tested in Script Editor irreverent from FM and they work as expected. If I remove this line in FM my script works well. Any idea what's wrong with this line?

 

Thanks,
Agi

[bruceR]

Couple of things.

There is no space after Open.

I much prefer setting a variable to the script contents; then just perform applescript, calculated, $script

I like to do substitutions into the script text.

This way you can view and manipulate the contents of $script while testing.

 

 

Set Variable [ $sourcedoc; Value:"Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:Guild_Word_Template.dotx" ]

Set Variable [ $targetdoc; Value: UIN_FOCUS::GT_WORD_FILE_NAME ]

Set Variable [ $script; Value:

List(
"tell application " & Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) ;
"activate" ;
"open " & Quote ( $sourcedoc ) ;
"set theDate to current date" ;
"set text of active document to theDate as text" ;
"save as active document file name " & Quote ( $targetdoc ) ;

"end tell" ;
"tell application " & Quote ( "System Events" ) ;
"tell process " & Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) ;
"keystroke " & Quote ( "v" ) & " using {command down}" ;

"create range active document start 0 end 23";
"set theRange to result";
"end tell" ;
"end tell"
)

] 

 

Perform AppleScript [ Calculated AppleScript: $script ]

[bruceR]

The script might need to be more like this:

 

 

List(

"tell application " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) ;

"activate" ;

"open " & Quote ( $sourcedoc ) ;

"set theDate to current date" ;

"set text of active document to theDate as text" ;

"save as active document file name " & Quote ( $targetdoc ) ;

"end tell" ;

 

"tell application " & Quote ( "System Events" ) ;

"tell process " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) ;

"keystroke " & Quote ( "v" ) & " using {command down}" ;

"end tell";

"end tell"  ;

 

"tell application " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) ;

"create range active document start 0 end 23";

"set theRange to result";

"end tell"

)

[Agnes Riley]

Bruce, thanks for your replies. I do use a variable and have no problem opening Word. As I said the ONLY problem I have is with this line: "set theRange to (create range active document start 0 end 23)"

 

The rest is working, thank you. Do you have an idea for that particular line?

 

Thanks,

Agi

[bruceR]

I'm not sure if you revised your script along the lines I suggested.

 

But I note that you're trying to do two things inside a system events - tell app process statement.

 

The keystroke command will work.

 

But the PROCESS does not understand the range command.

 

The APPLICATION understands the range command.

 

As written in my second example.

[bruceR]

"The rest is working, thank you. Do you have an idea for that particular line?"

 

( the set range line)

 

Yes. It is inside the wrong TELL statement. It only works when inside a tell application statement.

[Agnes Riley]

Thanks, but I got it working.

 

The problem was that the AppleScript couldn't be run from a variable, only from a field. I heard other people had this problem, as well.

 

This is the working script calc in FM:

"tell application " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) & ¶ &
"activate" & ¶ &
"open" & Quote ( "Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:Guild_Word_Template.dotx") & ¶ &
"set theDate to current date" & ¶ &
"set text of active document to theDate as text" & ¶ &
"save as active document file name " & Quote ( UIN_FOCUS::GT_WORD_FILE_NAME ) & ¶ &
"end tell" & ¶ &
"tell application " & Quote ( "System Events" ) & ¶ &
	"tell process " &  Quote ( "Microsoft Word" ) & ¶ &
		"keystroke " & Quote ( "v" ) & " using {command down}" & ¶ &
        "end tell" & ¶ &
"end tell" & ¶ & 
"tell application " & Quote("Microsoft Word") & ¶ &
                "set theRange to  (create range active document start 0 end 23)" & ¶ &
                "select theRange" & ¶ &
                "tell paragraph format of theRange to set alignment to align paragraph center" & ¶ &
"end tell"

Of course, now I'm making my life more complicated by adding page breaks. But I'm getting there. :-)

Now, my question is why I am not getting a notification from this forum, even though I'm following the toping with instant notification...

[bruceR]

No that is not the prob. It DOES run from a variable.

[Agnes Riley]

No, it does not from the variable. Others confirmed it, too.

[bruceR]

Yes a perform AppleScript step does work from a variable. I use the method regularly and that was what i tested when diagnosing your missing tell application statement.

I would have to see an example file showing how the attempts differ.

[bruceR]

This seems to work for me.

ASW.fp7.zip