Now that is strange. I tried to save it in to the default Scripts folder which I believe was off the Library folder off the Macintosh directlry. I'll take another look. thanks.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Nov 19, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Ray, > > I think you may have tried to save the script to a non-existent folder. When > I read your earlier post, you stated your save location was > "Macintosh/Library/Scripts" (without the quotation marks) so if you used the > Command-Shift-G "Go to folder" shortcut to specify the folder location to > save to, you'd get an error because you either have to type > "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/Library/Scripts" or "/Library/Scripts" (without the > quotation marks) to have a legal address that points to your system Scripts > folder. > > The code you have in this message is fine. The way you can check this after > you copy and paste it into an AppleScript Editor window, is by pressing > Command-R to compile the script. If you don't have TextEdit open at the > time, it will say "0 words and 0 characters"; but with TextEdit open, it > announces the word and character count of the foremost window. > > Write back if this doesn't sort your problem, and I'll compose more detailed > instructions. If you're going to assign a keyboard shortcut using the > VoiceOver Keyboard Commanders pane, you don't need to save the AppleScript in > any particular Scripts folder in the system library or under your personal > library -- you just have to point to whatever location you used when you > associate the AppleScript with a file on the Keyboard Commanders pane of > VoiceOver Utility. > > I set up a folder in my home directory named "~/Library/Scripts/VoiceOver > Scripts" (where the initial tilde indicates my home directory, and where I've > put quotation marks around the folder name). I saved the AppleScript as a > Script with the name "TextEdit Word Count", and I had to create the folder > named "VoiceOver Scripts". You can use any names you like for you folder and > script, and you don't even have to put it in the ~/Library/Scripts/ folder. > > Under the Keyboard Commander pane, I navigated to "Add" button to add a new > keyboard command and pressed with VO-Space. Then I typed "w" for the > assigned key, pressed VO-Right arrow to navigate to the menu button and > pressed VO-Space, then pressed Command+down arrow to move to the "Custom > Commands" option at the end of the menu, pressed Right arrow to move to the > sub-menu, arrowed down to "Run AppleScript Script" and pressed "Return". At > that point you can use Command-Shift-G to locate the folder containing your > word count script file and open it. As previously stated, if you're using > this via a Keyboard Command shortcut assignment, you can put that file > anywhere and name it anything you like. It could, for example, be in a > folder within your Documents folder. > > HTH. And Matt was speaking of the stars that Hai Nguyen Lai typed as a > divider between the text of his mail message and the lines of AppleScript. I > don't think that was your problem. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 19, 2011, at 14:35, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > >> What stars? somehow, it's jus not working for me. Could it be the way the >> code is written; or, perhaps, the way it's coppied and pasted? I'm just not >> getting anywhere with this blasted thing!!! >> >> Here's the code. >> >> >>>>> tell document 1 of application "TextEdit" >>>>> set wordcount to the (count of words) as text >>>>> set charactercount to the (count of characters) as text >>>>> end tell >>>>> say wordcount & " words and " & charactercount & " characters" >> >> Could it be the line breaks perhaps? >> >> >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >> >> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! >> >> Skype name: >> barefootedray >> >> Facebook: >> facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 >> >> >> >> On Nov 19, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote: >> >>> That's weird. Mine workedjust fine. Get rid of the stars at the begining at >>> the script and you should be all set. >>> Matt >>> Sent from my macbook pro >>> >>> On 2011-11-19, at 6:43 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I tried to send this yesterday but got no response what so ever. >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to work with the following code: >>>> >>>>> tell document 1 of application "TextEdit" >>>>> set wordcount to the (count of words) as text >>>>> set charactercount to the (count of characters) as text >>>>> end tell >>>>> say wordcount & " words and " & charactercount & " characters" >>>> >>>> >>>> I paste it in to the source box and leave everything else as it is with >>>> the results box checked and the Results radio button selected. No matter >>>> how much I try, though, I just cannot save the thing. I try to save it in >>>> the >>>> Macintosh/Library/Scripts folder but I get a dialog that says that the >>>> script cannot be saved. What gives? Could it possibly be the quotation >>>> signs or what is it? Something must be wrong with the code because it >>>> just will not save. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! >>>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
