On 12.02.2012, at 13:22, Christiaan Hofman wrote:

> 
> On Feb 12, 2012, at 13:01, Christian Pleul wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>> 
> 
> Replace "selection for document 1" by "(get selection of document 1)", 
> including the parenthesis.
> 
> Christiaan

Thank you, works fine now. Only if I click the "More Info" button in the 
dialog, the following error message comes up in the applescript editor

------ error --------
error "Can’t make «class ModD» of {modification date:date \"Sonntag, 12. 
Februar 2012 13:22:15\", «class Tags»:{}, «class titl»:\"ProLabIng\", «class 
Logi»:2.30302E+5, «class PCnt»:7, «class Prod»:\"pdfTeX-1.40.12\", «class 
Copy»:true, «class FlSz»:\"228.0 KB (230.302 bytes)\", «class Encr»:false, 
«class PgSz»:\"21.0 x 29.7 cm\", creation date:date \"Sonntag, 12. Februar 2012 
13:22:15\", «class Crea»:\"LaTeX2e pdfLaTeX MacTeX2010 ST2 BibDesk\", «class 
Rate»:0.0, «class Auth»:\"Christian\", «class phys»:2.33472E+5, «class 
Prnt»:true, version:\"1.5\", file name:\"prolabating.pdf\"} into type Unicode 
text." number -1700 from «class ModD» of {modification date:date "Sonntag, 12. 
Februar 2012 13:22:15", «class Tags»:{}, «class titl»:"ProLabIng", «class 
Logi»:2.30302E+5, «class PCnt»:7, «class Prod»:"pdfTeX-1.40.12", «class 
Copy»:true, «class FlSz»:"228.0 KB (230.302 bytes)", «class Encr»:false, «class 
PgSz»:"21.0 x 29.7 cm", creation date:date "Sonntag, 12. Februar 2012 
13:22:15", «class Crea»:"LaTeX2e pdfLaTeX MacTeX2010 ST2 BibDesk", «class 
Rate»:0.0, «class Auth»:"Christian", «class phys»:2.33472E+5, «class 
Prnt»:true, version:"1.5", file name:"prolabating.pdf"} to Unicode text
----------------------

Any idea on this issue?

Best
Christian
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