Hi again,
A bit more.
I've stepped through the whole process and it is in this line that the
necessary transformations done
*save* *window* 1 in *file* ResultFile as *string* with creator «*class*
TBB6» *with* unstyled formatting
Commenting out each phrase after ResultFile fails until it's all there. The
works.
Switching to BBedit starts with not compiling with the Creator Type phrase.
Cutting that out and seeing I can force the string complies but fails to
execute.
"Can’t make file "xyz" of application "BBEdit" into type string.
So I'm back to square one.
How to reproduce that line in BBedit :(
Kind Regards
Eric
On Friday, August 18, 2023 at 2:21:55 PM UTC+10 Eric wrote:
> Hi Fletcher,
> Thanks for responding.
> I think because I've been struggling to understand what's happening I've
> struggled to explain the problem.
> Assuming along the way that its just an app switch.
> But not quite so.
> Below is text messy but I've narrowed down the issue.
> The presenting problem is simply that in one case Indesign opens the
> import tagged text dialog and responds. In the other it misses that's
> tagged text coming in.
>
> So this Snippet transforms the text and works.
>
> (*Process the file for InDesign*)
>
> *tell* *application* "Tex-Edit Plus"
>
> *activate*
>
> *open* *file* SourceFile
>
> *save* *window* 1 in *file* ResultFile as *string* with creator «*class*
> TBB6» *with* unstyled formatting
>
> *close* *window* 1 saving *no*
>
> *end* *tell*
>
> *tell* *application* "Finder"
>
> *activate*
>
> *end* *tell*(*Process the file for InDesign*)
>
> *tell* *application* "Tex-Edit Plus"
>
> *activate*
>
> *open* *file* SourceFile
>
> *save* *window* 1 in *file* ResultFile as *string* with creator «*class*
> TBB6» *with* unstyled formatting
>
> *close* *window* 1 saving *no*
>
> *end* *tell*
>
> *tell* *application* "Finder"
>
> *activate*
>
> *end* *tell*
>
> Resultant text is
> _______
> <ASCII-MAC>
>
> <Version:3.000000><FeatureSet:InDesign-Roman><ColorTable:=<Black:COLOR:CMYK:Process:0.000000,0.000000,0.000000,1.000000>
> etc etc with paragraphs and line feeds seperating text blocks
> ___________
>
> This Snippet using BBEdit
>
> (*Process the file for InDesign*)
>
> *tell* *application* "BBEdit"
>
> *activate*
>
> *open* *file* SourceFile
>
> *save* *text document* 1 to *file* ResultFile
>
> *close* *window* 1
>
> *end* *tell*
>
> *tell* *application* "Finder"
>
> *activate*
>
> *end*
>
> Results in this text all before getting to ASCII-MAC and produces no line
> feeds
> __________
> {\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\uc1
> \deff4\deflang1033\deflangfe1033{\upr{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset256\fprq2{\*\panose
>
> 00020206030504050203}Times New Roman{\*\falt
> Times};}{\f4\fnil\fcharset256\fprq2{\*\panose 00020005000000000000}Times;}
> and so on
> _________
>
>
> What is the switch I need to get in there that resolves the raw text to
> the Tex-Edit processed one ?
>
>
> Thank you if you got this far
>
>
> Kind Regards
> Eric
>
>
> On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59:47 AM UTC+10 Fletcher Sandbeck wrote:
>
>> System Events can change some metadata. After giving the appropriate
>> permissions, this works to set a file to open with TextEdit rather than
>> BBedit.
>>
>>
>> *tell* *application* "System Events"
>>
>> *set* default application *of* *file*
>> "/Users/fletcher/Desktop/myfile.txt" *to* *file*
>> "Smog:System:Applications:TextEdit.app:"
>>
>> *end* *tell*
>>
>>
>> Presumably this would work to set the Creator Type but it's harder for me
>> to test.
>>
>> *tell* *application* "System Events"
>>
>> *set* creator type *of* *file* "/Users/fletcher/Desktop/myfile.txt.txt"
>> *to* «*class* TBB6»
>>
>> *end* *tell*
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> [fletcher]
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2023, at 4:01 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> For context I have n AS that changes the creator type of a text file
>> using Tex-Edit Plus which is no longer useable in Monterey so that Indesign
>> recognises it.
>> The line is
>>
>> save window 1 in file ResultFile as string with creator «class TBB6» with
>> unstyled formatting
>>
>> Is there an equivalent in BBEdit ?
>>
>> The script snippet is here
>>
>> Various script steps preceding defining variables
>> ————
>> (*Process the file for InDesign*)
>> tell application "Tex-Edit Plus"
>> activate
>> open file SourceFile
>> save window 1 in file ResultFile as string with creator «class TBB6» with
>> unstyled formatting
>> close window 1 saving no
>> end tell
>> tell application "Finder"
>> activate
>> end tell
>>
>> ——————
>> Thanks.
>> Kind Regards
>> Eric
>>
>>
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