On Jul 27, 2009, at 5:19 PM, Andreas Fischlin wrote:
Dear all,
Perhaps someone can help me: I'm trying to export merely the
currently selected publications to a xml file from BibDesk (Version
1.3.21 (1525)). I can happily save all publications in the current
document with an applescript similar to this:
set theOutPFN to ((path to home folder) & "refs.xml" as string)
tell application "BibDesk"
set theBibDeskDocu to first document
save theBibDeskDocu in file theOutPFN as "EndNote XML"
display dialog "Saved" buttons {"OK"} default button {"OK"}
end tell
however, a script using the export command similar to the following,
what I actually want, does not work
set theOutPFN to ((path to home folder) & "refs.xml" as string)
tell application "BibDesk"
set theBibDeskDocu to first document
set thePubs to selection of theBibDeskDocu
export theBibDeskDocu to file theOutPFN using template "EndNote
XML" for (list thePubs)
display dialog "Saved" buttons {"OK"} default button {"OK"}
end tell
and fails with error message: Error -1728: BibDesk got an error:
Can't get file "<path>:refs.xml". This seems to me to be a bug in
BibDesk, since above syntax is accepted by the script editor and
follows BibDesk's AppleScript dictionary description of the export
command.
First problem: You can't write 'file aPath' in a script. The "file"
type in AppleScript is very buggy. It generally should be considered
read-only. When you want to create a file object you should use either
"POSIX file" or "file specification", I always use the former. This is
not a BibDesk bug, it's an AppleScript bug (it does not work in any
app).
And whether SE can /compile/ a script does not mean it can /execute/ a
command, because compiling does not check the implementation of the
various apps and extensions.
Second problem: Did you define a template named "EndNote XML" the
Template prefs? Because there does not exist one by default.
Third problems: "list thePubs" is not a valid reference, just evaluate
thePubs or use "get" to get them if it does not work directly.
There might be an alternative approach by using a custom template
<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"? >
<xml>
<records>
<$publications><$endNoteString/></$publications>
</records>
</xml>
and then using the first AppleScript
save theBibDeskDocu in file theOutPFN as "My EndNote XML"
Having installed in the "Template" preference of BibDesk above
template as the main page under "My EndNote XML" for xml files.
Above template works fine, but again, it exports all records. AFAIK
I would need a "Collection modifier key" to export only the
selection. Yet, BibDesk's help on this topic does no list any. Does
anyone know whether it is possible to specify via above template
such that only currently selected publications are exported? An if
this is possible, does anyone know how the syntax of such a
modification of this template would look like?
The save command always saves the whole document. That's what it is
supposed to do. The "save" command is a standard command. Though it
may be possible to change the template to only export the selection,
it would be the wrong thing to do.
Thanks for your help and cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Andreas Fischlin
You should just use the "export" command, passing the template you
wrote above. You can pass the template either as an explicit string
('using text'), by file reference, or (when you've registered it) by
name.
Christiaan
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