Well, it confirms what I had already seen. That is, even though the, according to ScriptDebugger, the project collections of the project document really are project collections (and ScriptDebugger lets me zoom in and look at their contents), when I get one of those project collections in an AppleScript, what I actually get is a file reference, not a project collection.
Neil Faiman > On Jun 3, 2022, at 3:11 PM, jj <goo...@mixio.com> wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > This AppleScript snippet might help you understand how BBEdit sees the > project document hierarchy. > > set v4Spaces to " " > tell application "BBEdit" > set vProjectDocument to first project document > set vProjectCollections to project collections of vProjectDocument > repeat with vProjectCollection in vProjectCollections > my logProjectCollection(vProjectCollection, space) > end repeat > end tell > > on logProjectCollection(aProjectCollection, aIndent) > tell application "BBEdit" > set vClass to (class of aProjectCollection) as string > if class of aProjectCollection is project collection then > log (aIndent & vClass & " 🗄: " & (name of aProjectCollection) > as string) & space > repeat with vSubProjectCollection in aProjectCollection > my logProjectCollection(vSubProjectCollection, aIndent & > my v4Spaces) > end repeat > return > else if class of aProjectCollection is project item then > set vPath to POSIX path of ((file of aProjectCollection) as > string) > else if aProjectCollection is not missing value then > set vPath to POSIX path of ((aProjectCollection) as string) > end if > if vPath ends with "/" then > set vType to "📁" > else > set vType to "📄" > end if > if vClass is "«class furl»" then > set vClass to "url" > end if > log aIndent & vClass & " " & vType & ": " & vPath & space > end tell > end logProjectCollection > > HTH, > > Jean Jourdain > > On Friday, June 3, 2022 at 7:26:59 PM UTC+2 Neil Faiman wrote: > BBEdit 14.1.2, Mac OS Monterey 12.4 > > Using AppleScript, I want to navigate into a folder in a collection in a > project window. I have the following script: > > tell application "BBEdit" > try > set project to project document "ZBA.bbprojectd" > on error > display alert ¬ > "The ZBA project is not open in BBEdit" as warning > message ¬ > "Open the ZBA project and try again" buttons "OK" > default button "OK" > return > end try > set site to project's project collection "Site" > set cases to site's first project item whose name is "cases" > end tell > > Debugging it in ScriptDebugger, the "set project” command successfully > accesses the project, and sets project to a BBEdit project document object. > When I examine it in the debugger, it contains a dozen project collection > elements. project collection 10 is named “Site” and represents a folder on > disk. However, after executing the “set site” command, site is not a BBEdit > project collection object — it is a file reference to the folder represented > by the collection ( «class file» "Macintosh HD:Users:neil:Library:Mobile > Documents:com~apple~CloudDocs:zba:Web Site:wiltonzba.org > <http://wiltonzba.org/>:" ). > > Can anyone explain this behavior, or, even better, how to get at the project > collection (and its contents0 as I intended? > > Thanks, > Neil Faiman > > > > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature > request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" > rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: > <https://twitter.com/bbedit <https://twitter.com/bbedit>> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/00f1b217-7a97-4ce7-a874-3e5ae8d3cc36n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/00f1b217-7a97-4ce7-a874-3e5ae8d3cc36n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting here. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/07181121-8F23-4044-8A87-C8FA06EB0266%40faiman.org.
