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Charles Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> So I was hoping to figure out how to do that AppleScript line locally,
> and then try to do it remotely as well. The real AppleScript I wish
> to run in py-appscript is:
>
> set remoteMachine to "eppc://user:[email protected]"
> set remoteFinder to application "Finder" of machine remoteMachine
> using terms from application "Finder"
> tell remoteFinder
> open application file id "com.apple.Preview"
> end tell
> end using terms from
>
> But I figured I'd start easier and just try to launch a local app with
> Finder. Any ideas on how to do the original question (or even better
> the above) using py-appscript? Thanks a million.
After some experimenting, I was able to use a remote Finder to either
just launch Preview or open a document and launch Preview. Here's what
worked:
>>> from appscript import *
>>> remote_finder = app(url='eppc://user:p...@hostname/Finder')
>>> # launch Preview
>>> remote_finder.startup_disk.folders["Applications"].application_files[
'Preview'].open()
>>> # alternatively, open document with default application,
>>> # launching if necessary
>>> remote_finder.startup_disk.folders['Developer'].files[
'About Xcode Tools.pdf'].open()
I was able to launch by bundle id locally:
>>> local_finder = app('Finder')
>>> local_finder.startup_disk.folders["Applications"].application_files[
its.id == "com.apple.Preview"].open()
but remote references failed with:
OSERROR: -1731
MESSAGE: Unknown object type.
I'm sure HAS can explain what needs to be done to make such something
like that work remotely; perhaps you have to construct lower-level
references manually. On the other hand, perhaps you don't really need
to use the bundle id if the application name is good enough.
--
Ned Deily,
[email protected]
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