On May 29, 2014, at 11:32, Marc Brouard wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Been using Bibdesk for a while now and been very impressed with the feature 
> set and quality of the software. I have just started to write my own export 
> template to extract references in a format that I can us in a Wiki. I would 
> like to include the reference information and a list of annotations from the 
> attachments (annotated with skim). I have got this all working and I am very 
> pleased with the results. But I would like to include a link at the end of 
> each annotation that launches Skim and positions the article to the correct 
> page for the annotation.
> 
> The problem that I am having is that I need the name of the attachment, but 
> the code is in the context of the annotation. I can not figure out a way of 
> getting the attachment name. An example of this is:
> 
> <$localFiles?>
> <$localFiles>
> <$path.lastPathComponent.stringByDeletingPathExtension/>
> <$scriptingSkimNotes?>
> <$scriptingSkimNotes>
> <$type=Highlight?>
> <$contents/> 
> [skimx://<$path.lastPathComponent.stringByDeletingPathExtension/>#<$pageIndex/>
>  p. <$pageIndex/>]
> 
> </$type?>
> </$scriptingSkimNotes>
> </$scriptingSkimNotes?>
> </$localFiles>
> </$localFiles?>
> 
> The code on the third line returns the name of the attachment, but code on 
> the 7th line does not, because it is in the context of the 
> scriptingSkimNotes. So my question is, is it possible to get the attachment 
> name whilst in the context of the scriptingSkimNotes or perhaps save the 
> attachment name in a variable, that I can access?
> 
> I may be asking too much of the export process and therefore may need to use 
> an Applescript instead. I have searched through the wiki and this mail list 
> for the answer but have not found anything. If someone could let me know if 
> this is possible that would be great.
> 
> Thank you
> Marc

Sorry, that is not possible. (Also, the link would never work, as there is no 
skimx scheme defined and moreover the lonk would not contain sufficient 
information.)

Christiaan

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