Christian,
I'm using OS 10.5.8 and SKIM version 1.3.1 (49). I have just managed
to get past the find statement by removing the tell document 1 block.
I now get the infinite loop which is new as previously the second an
subsequent finds moved forward through the document.
When I run the code below it fails at the line "set thesel to find
text thetext" with the error "Applescript Error - Skim got an error:
The in parameter is missing for find text.
I have managed to get the following to work " set thesel to find of
document 1 text the text " having removed the tell document 1 statement.
Have I understood the syntax of find correctly in that it should be
written as " Set theResult to find TargetDocument text SearchString.
Simon
On 23 Oct 2009, at 23:43, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
> This works for me (except that the script loops infinitely). What OS
> are you running on and what exactly does the error say? Have you tried
> just singling out problems using some simple test scripts?
>
> Christiaan
>
> On Oct 24, 2009, at 0:17, Simon Knight (SKIDS LTD) wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> A year or so ago I modified one of the Apple scripts posted on the
>> Skim Wiki to allow Skim to export the text of pages that contained
>> key
>> text. I have just attempted to run the scripts and neither of them
>> work. I have spent time searching the web and this list has hinted
>> that it could be an Apple Script problem. I did try changing the
>> Applescript dictionary file as detailed in a post in Feb 09 but this
>> just caused the script to fail at an earlier point. The script
>> operating with the latest version of Skim fails at
>>
>> set theSel to find text theText
>>
>> with an error of a missing in clause. Please note that my line is
>> inside a tell document 1 statement. I have been unable to get the
>> find to work. Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks for reading
>> Simon
>>
>> The full script is here:
>>
>>> tell application "Skim"
>>> activate
>>>
>>> if (count of documents) is 0 then
>>> beep
>>> display dialog "No documents found." buttons {"•"} default
>>> button
>>> 1 giving up after 3
>>> return
>>> end if
>>>
>>> --set noteType to my chooseNoteType({"Highlight", "Underline",
>>> "Strike Out", "Circle", "Box"})
>>> --if noteType is 0 then return
>>>
>>> (* This routine takes the selected text in a skim document and
>>> creates a new document in text edit based on the finds in the source
>>> document
>>> *)
>>>
>>> tell document 1
>>> set theText to contents of ((get text for (get selection)))
>>> display dialog "Enter Search String:" default answer theText
>>> buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK" cancel button "Cancel"
>>>
>>> set theText to text returned of result
>>>
>>> set numberOfMatches to 0
>>> set DocumentText to ""
>>> set theSel to find text theText
>>> --set PreviousPage to get index for current page
>>> -- set PreviousPage to 0
>>> repeat while theSel is not {}
>>> set numberOfMatches to numberOfMatches + 1
>>> --set PresentPage to get index for current page
>>> --if PresentPage = PreviousPage then
>>> -- do nothing we have this page
>>> --else
>>> set thePage to last item of (get pages for theSel)
>>> set thepagetext to text of thePage
>>> --set DocumentText to DocumentText & return &
>>> "~formfeed~" &
>>> thepagetext
>>> set DocumentText to DocumentText & return & "--------" &
>>> numberOfMatches & "--------" & return & thepagetext
>>> --set PreviousPage to PresentPage
>>> --end if
>>>
>>> --set thesel to find text theText from thesel
>>>
>>> end repeat
>>>
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> beep
>>> display dialog "Done selecting " & numberOfMatches & " occurences
>>> of \"" & theText & "\"." buttons {"•"} default button 1 giving up
>>> after 3
>>> end tell
>>> tell application "TextEdit"
>>>
>>> set MyDoc to make new document at end of documents with properties
>>> {name:"Extract", text:DocumentText}
>>>
>>> tell MyDoc
>>> set font of paragraphs to "Courier"
>>> set size of paragraphs to 11
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> end tell
>>>
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