Thank you very much! I need to keep the old URL, though, since it's the
"stable URL" that will be listed in my bib. So I deleted that one line.
Works perfectly--thanks.
On 3/9/08 1:13 PM, "Alexander H. Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> first, replaceChars needs to be "my replaceChars" - you have to tell
> AppleScript where to find the replaceChars routine (which needs to be
> in the same file as the below script).
>
> So the full script (for you) should look like the below, assuming that
> you a)want to replace the url field and b)want it to pop up in the
> linked URLs as well as in the URL field.
>
> tell application "BibDesk"
> set theDoc to document 1
> set thePubsSel to the selection of theDoc
> repeat with thePub in thePubsSel
> set theURL to the value of field "URL" of thePub
> if theURL contains "links.jstor.org" then
> set theURL2 to replaceChars(theURL, "links.jstor.org", "0-
> www.jstor.org.skyline.cudenver.edu")
> set the value of field "url" of thePub to theURL2
> delete linked URL 1 of thePub
> make new linked URL with data theURL2 at end of linked URLs of thePub
> end if
> end repeat
> end tell
>
> on replaceChars(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
> if this_text contains the search_string then
> set oldAStid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the search_string
> set the item_list to every text item of this_text
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to the replacement_string
> set this_text to the item_list as string
> set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldAStid
> end if
> return this_text
> end replaceChars
>
>
> On 2008-03-09, at 11:32 AM, Ingrid Giffin wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to write a script to change my JSTOR URLs to the proxy
>> version
>> that works for my school. It should copy the URL from the URL field,
>> change
>> the URL by a simple string substitution, and paste the result to the
>> My_Proxy_URL field.
>>
>> It seems to be working up until somewhere in the replaceChars step.
>> I'm sure
>> I'm just making some beginner's mistake. Here's my script:
>>
>> -------------
>>
>> tell application "BibDesk"
>> set theDoc to document 1
>> set thePubsSel to the selection of theDoc
>> repeat with thePub in thePubsSel
>> set theURL to the value of field "URL" of thePub
>> if theURL contains "links.jstor.org" then
>> set theURL2 to replaceChars(theURL, "links.jstor.org",
>> "0-www.jstor.org.skyline.cudenver.edu")
>> set My_Proxy_URL to theURL2
>> end if
>> end repeat
>> end tell
>> ----------------
>>
>> Here's the Event Log:
>>
>>
>> tell application "BibDesk"
>> get document 1
>> document "Anthro Bib"
>> get selection of document "Anthro Bib"
>> {publication 8 of document "Anthro Bib"}
>> get value of field "URL" of publication 8 of document "Anthro Bib"
>>
>> "http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1558-8610%281972%2914%3Cii%3ATAOATH%3E2.0
>> .
>> CO%3B2-P"
>>
>> replaceChars("http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1558-8610%281972%2914%3Cii%3A
>> TAOATH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P", "links.jstor.org",
>> "0-www.jstor.org.skyline.cudenver.edu")
>> "BibDesk got an error: Can't continue replaceChars."
>>
>> -------------------------
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>> --Ingrid Giffin
>>
>>
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