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Simon Knight 2012-01-13 02:04 AM

Creating Links to Files : is there a script?
 
Hi,
I am using OmniGraffle Pro as a visual file manager come note book. At present if I wish to add a link to a file I have two options.

Option 1 is to create a graphic, select it open the inspector and drag the target file from the finder to the inspector; it works but is a little slow especially if the inspector hides and OG has the reselected.

Option 2 is to use the Folder Import option which is started by dragging a folder from the finder to the Omnigraffle icon, I accept the option of a new canvas and after a moment a folder map is added with nice icon based graphics all linked back to the original files and labeled with the original file names. Next I select all the connection lines and delete them, then I add the file graphics to my diagram.

While option 2 works I would like to be able to create the graphics, without the linking lines, based on files I have selected in a dialog. I would also like the file names to be added as notes rather than labels. In short I need an AppleScript script. Does anyone have one I could use as the basis of a new script to save me starting from scratch?

best wishes

Simon

whpalmer4 2012-01-13 08:37 AM

Rather than building this structure from the ground up, maybe converting the output of option 2 would be quicker.

This fragment should remove the connecting lines and set the notes field to have the label string. It's worth about what you paid for it :-)

[code]

tell application "OmniGraffle Professional 5"
tell canvas of front window
set myGraphics to every graphic
repeat with myGraphic in myGraphics
tell myGraphic
if class is shape then
set myProps to properties
set labeltext to myProps's text
set notes to last item of labeltext -- must be a better way, but what is it?
else if class of myGraphic is line then
delete myGraphic
end if
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell
[/code]

You could use the choose file with multiple selections allowed construct to prompt you for the files you want to keep or exclude, then go down the list deleting the unwanted ones.

Simon Knight 2012-01-13 12:52 PM

Many Thanks, you may be right about working with what is already provided.

I have been playing/learning about the finders file icons and it looks like some of the OS 9 scripting commands have not been implemented (yet?) in OS X. Also I have no idea how a file link is set as the standard technique of copy as Applescript does not reveal anything. The icon issue could be overcome by having the script hold the data of a number of icons and set them according to file type (a bit of a kludge) and I am working on how to set a link by script.

Thanks again for your script.

Simon

Simon Knight 2012-01-13 01:08 PM

Any idea why the text "MyNote" is repeated twice in the code produced by "copy as applescript"?

[CODE]make new shape at end of graphics with properties
{size: {128.000000, 73.000000}, origin: {91.000000, 123.000000},
text: {text: "MyNote", text: "MyNote", font: "ArialMT", alignment: center}}[/CODE]

Simon

whpalmer4 2012-01-13 09:33 PM

[QUOTE=Simon Knight;106189]Any idea why the text "MyNote" is repeated twice in the code produced by "copy as applescript"?
[/QUOTE]
Harmless bug?

Simon Knight 2012-01-14 12:18 PM

[QUOTE=whpalmer4;106177]
set notes to last item of labeltext -- must be a better way, but what is it?

[/code]

[/QUOTE]

I'm not sure if this is better but I've ended up with a key value filename being filled with the value of text.

[CODE]
(* Script that is designed to process the graphics that result from a finder item being dropped on the
OG icon. The script adds two data fields FileName and URL to each graphic and then populates them.

It also deletes all the lines leaving just the icons. If you want the lines just comment out the delete below

Most of the script was written by whpalmer4, I just fiddled a little.

Simon Knight Jan 2012

*)



tell application "OmniGraffle Professional 5"
tell canvas of front window
set myGraphics to every graphic
repeat with myGraphic in myGraphics
tell myGraphic
if class is shape then

--set myProps to properties -- useful if uncommented to examine the prop list in script debugger

set tFileName to text of myGraphic
set tURL to url of myGraphic

make new user data item with properties {name:"FileName", value:tFileName}
make new user data item with properties {name:"URL", value:tURL}
else if class of myGraphic is line then
delete myGraphic
end if
end tell
end repeat
end tell
end tell[/CODE]

best wishes
Simon


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