The selection is not a simple object, so it cannot have properties (this really is a weakness of AppleScript, one of many). To get the text for a selection you use the special command "get text for" rather than the "get" command.
Christiaan On 4 Dec 2008, at 1:11 PM, Jan Erik Moström wrote: > I'm trying to create an applescript that will take the current > selection in skim and add it to some other app. My problem is that I > can't figure out how to get the text: > > I've tried this > > on run > tell application "Skim" > tell document 1 > set d_url to path > set d_page to index of current page as text > set d_selection to selection > set d_txt to item 1 of d_selection > get the text of d_txt > end tell > end tell > end run > > which gives an error message. Then I tried "get d_txt as text" => an > another error, "get class of d_txt" gives the same error. > Unfortunately I haven't been able to find an example of how to do > this. > > Can anyone help me with this? > > -- > Jan Erik Moström, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
