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Extracting Text Using Offset and Reverse vs Text Item Delimiters

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:13:53 +0000

There are times when you want to extract part of a text string from another for some specific purpose. There are two basic methods and each has its advantages and disadvantages. We’ll start with a combination of offset and reverse to remove the suffix from “seattleSunset.jpg”:

set jpgFile to characters of "seattleSunset.jpg" –This gives us [...]

Using Info Window Data to Write Scripts

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:33:43 +0000

In the initial section of this post, I leave the AppleScript code formatted as it would appear in the Script Editor pane to show that keywords, statements and other expressions that appear in blue in the Script Editor are part of the AppleScript language and syntax and knowing that is helpful when writing scripts.

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Concatenation or Parsing and Editing of Text Strings

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:34:31 +0000

In this section we deal with various methods to extract different parts of text from lists and other text and at the end, how to put it all together to make a new text string. This is sort of lengthy, but it is pretty easy to follow,

First, to extract text from a list. Both [...]

Finder Script to Delete Old Folders

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:15:42 +0000

This script can be used in a database program or compiled for general use in the Script Editor. It looks for folders such as ‘January 2009′ and determines if they are 3 or more months old and, if so, places them in the trash.

set AppleScript's [...]

More on List Dialogs

admin — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:07:47 +0000

This post will deal with what I consider a very concrete use of the ‘choose from list’ dialog. After reading this (and perhaps trying it out in the Script Editor) you will probably be totally confused (just kidding!!) It gets a little complicated, but it is basically a cut-and-paste script.

If you pay close attention [...]