On 12.02.2012, at 10:08, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> 
> On Feb 11, 2012, at 18:22, Christian Pleul wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I tried the script DocInfo from the skim wiki [1] and it returns an error 
>> when running in the applescript editor. Since I never used applescript 
>> before, could somebody please tell me how to correct the script, because I 
>> need to count selected text in a pdf.
>> 
>> [1] 
>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=AppleScript#User-Contributed_Scripts
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you in advance,
>> --
>>      Christian
>> 
>> 
>> -Click. Boom. Amazing!-
>> 
>> Steve Jobs, 2006
> 
> 
> After the "set selText to..." line, add the following lines:
> 
>               if docText is missing value then
>                       set docText to ""
>               else
>                       set docText to docText as text
>               end if
>               if selText is missing value then
>                       set selText to ""
>               else
>                       set selText to selText as text
>               end if
> 
> 
> Christiaan

Worked for checking the entire doc. But when selecting e.g. a paragraph, the 
script produces the following error.

------ error --------
error "Skim got an error: selection of document 1 doesn’t understand the get 
text for message." number -1708 from selection of document 1
----------------------

Best
--
        Christian


-Because I'm the CEO, and I think it can be done.-

Steve Jobs, 2005
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