On Jun 9, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Chris Lovell wrote:

> Thanks. I asked if it was possible to do this through AppleScript  
> because I'm trying to write an app that will facilitate  
> communication between BibDesk and Mellel (similar to BibDesk2Word  
> and CiteInPages, but Mellel isn't scriptable, so it's a bit  
> trickier). One piece of information Mellel wants from a  
> bibliographic app is the Endnote XML for each citation. So it would  
> be handy to be able to get that data with AppleScript.
>
> Is it feasible to use a template to generate Endnote XML?

I think this should be possible, as XML is essentially text. However  
it would be non-trivial to generate such a template, the template  
editor would not be able to handle it I think.

> Or is it possible to change BibDesk so that the formats available  
> through File-->Export are available to AppleScript?

They are, as I said before. The "save" command does exactly the same  
as File > Export when you pass it a file and a file type. See the  
scripting dictionary for more info.

> Another option is to put the Mellel stuff in BibDesk itself, but I  
> think this is undesirable because 1) the Mellel code provides no  
> benefit to non-Mellel users and 2) Mellel expects to communicate  
> with an app whose creator code is BERB (using AppleEvents), so this  
> would require changing BibDesk's creator code.
>

Are you sure about that? It makes absolutely no sense, as the creator  
code is an identifier for an app, not for what role an app plays.

Apart from that the biggest problem: someone has to spend time on it...

Christiaan

> Chris Lovell
>
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
> >On Jun 8, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Chris Lovell wrote:
>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Is it possible to use applescript to export endnote xml for a given
> >> publication(s)? As far as I can determine, one can only use a  
> script
> >> to export plain text, rtf, or templated text.
> >>
> >> Chris Lovell
>
> >You can use the save command.
>
> >Christiaan
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