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Can the .applescript extension be hidden?

seand — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:31:38 -0400

I want to convert my AppleScript scripts to be saved as .applescript so that I can properly track and view changes in version control. Is there any way to hide the extension of .applescript files similar to the ScriptTreePathsKey to exclude the system library folder?

They seem to run the same as a compiled script, but the extension clutters up the menu.

Regards,
Sean

Is it possible to display only ~/Library/Scripts ?

dedalus — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:07:17 -0400

Hi,
May be it's a stupid question and I missed some thing, but as I wrote in the title: in Fast Script menu is it possible to display only the AS in "my script folder" without all the AS in /Library/Scripts?

Thanks in advance

Permission Denied when running ruby scripts?

sethpayne — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:55:31 -0400

Hello!

I've just started playing around with FastScripts and haven't been able to find anything that relates to my question on the forum.

When I run certain ruby scripts I get permission denied errors if that script does any file read/write operations or any other system or exec bash commands.

For example, I have a script that pulls JSON and parses it. It then creates a tab-separated file and opens the file in excel.

storage = Crack::JSON.parse(RestClient.get(url))

storage.each do |x|
name = x["customer_name"]
value = x["value"]

content = "#{name}\t#{value}\n"
target = "foo.tsv"

File.open(target, "a") do |f|
f.write(content)
end
end

system ("open foo.tsv")

When I run this script from FS I get the following error:

/Users/spayne/.../.../.../scripts/foobar.rb:22:in `initialize': Permission denied - foo.tsv (Errno::EACCES)
from /Users/spayne/.../.../.../scripts/foobar.rb:22:in `open'
from /Users/spayne/.../.../.../scripts/foobar.rb:22
from /Users/spayne/.../.../.../foobar.rb:15:in `each'
from /Users/spayne/.../.../.../scripts/foobar.rb:15

1

The script runs perfectly from the command line. What permissions do I need to set to launch this script with FS?

Thanks!

Seth

Can't assign shortcuts with F keys.

zoff — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:27:20 -0400

I can't assign shortcuts with F keys unless I enter fn and the F key, but then fn is not part of the shortcut. Can shortcuts be assign without typing in the shortcut field?

"Press Run to tun this script, or Quit to quit." dialog

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:46:14 -0400

I've just encountered this for the first time. I've bound my "Safari Embedded Media Launcher" applescript (from my website) to Ctrl-Cmd-M, and when I use the hotkey to launch it, I get this dialog:

Safari Embedded Media Launcher
Press Run to tun this script, or Quit to quit.
[Quit] [Run]

When I select the script with the mouse from the FastScripts menu or double-click it in the Finder, it doesn't prompt me with this dialog. Only when I use the hotkey.

Do you know why this is happening, and how I can get it to stop prompting me?

Also, is it just my imagination, but does it now take longer to launch scripts with the latest version of FastScripts (2.2.6)? It seems to go a bit slower than the last version.

Thanks for any insights!

- Cowboy

Menu shows non-script files

vanity — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:21:05 -0500

The FastScripts menu seem to show every file in the script folder. Why not filter on +x or extension?

Specifically I want to get rid of *.,v files, or a folder called RCS.

Feature: Hotkey to execute last script again

bumper314 — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:48:17 -0500

There are times that I need to execute the same script many times in a row, but I don't want to assign a regular shortcut to it (perhaps it's a script I rarely use).

A convenient option would be a configurable hotkey to execute the last used script again.

New User ... What just happened?!

BobTabor — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:55:57 -0500

First, Looking through the boards for the answer. I'm impressed with how kindly you treat your users. I'll be purchasing this software if for no other reason than that.

I just installed FastScripts. It looks great -- still getting my head around it. Frankly, I'm blindly following the instructions from this blogger:

http://osherove.com/blog/2013/1/22/mac-keyboard-shortcut-to-enable-and-disable-function-keys.html

My goal is to eliminate the need for mac keyboard function key when using VMWare / Windows / Visual Studio, so instead of pressing function+F5, I just want to hit F5 -- when in VMWARE. I followed his instructions but at some point, fired off the script he references. It works! However, instead of simply working when VMWare is loaded, I now have to press that combination on the Mac side to get any of the default features to work -- i.e., volume, brightness, etc. While this is not a show stopper, this is not quite what I had in mind. I was hoping this would only happen while using VMWare.

So:

(1) What did I do wrong (so I don't do it again) ... and more importantly ...
(2) What can I do to fix this?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly,
Bob Tabor

Keystroke delay

Mackworth — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:23:41 -0400

Recently, my keystroke invocations are waiting until the modifier keys are released; e.g. I type control-D and the script doesn't start until I release the control key even if I hold it for 10 seconds. During this time, the fastscripts icon turns blue.

I noticed your release note: "Prevent conflicts with synthesized "key code" command and script keyboard shortcut". So is this a new behavior to avoid such conflicts? If so, is there any way to turn it off, as I use the commands to either delete (Control-D) or file (Control-F) my mail, just holding down the control key and typing D or F on each piece? I do generate a code in the script (down arrow to leave my cursor where it was after filing/deleting), but the control modifier doesn't affect it.

Related but independent question, does this mean that people don't need to add the delay 0.5 anymore?

Dumb question: with Firefox active, no FastScripts menulet??

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:53:50 -0500

Somehow it seems the answer should be obvious, but it's not. When using the Finder, for example, I can access Fast Scripts. But when using Firefox, the Red Sweater icon goes away from the menubar.

Application Loses Focus on Script Execution

ctferrarajr — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:13:16 -0400

Hey guys,

I'm trying to make a simple script to help me scroll down from a hot key. The script is as follows:

tell application "System Events"
key code 125
end tell

It works great when run from the editor but once I run it from FastScripts the following happens. I hit the hotkey, the current application window loses focus (but the application stays frontmost), THEN the script is run (to no affect because there is no active window).

What am I missing here? This happens in a few of my scripts that involve keypresses on certain windows.

Can execute a script fine using apples script pull down on the menu bar. Errors when using FastScri

llegg — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:05:41 -0400

This is a script involving data/image transfer from Media Pro to Filemaker Pro via Applescript. Can execute a script fine using apples script pull down on the menu bar. Errors when using FastScript. Running OS 10.6.8. I get the error on two different machines.

The error I get is:

Error Number:FileMaker Pro got an error: Object not found.
-10006

The script:

tell application "Media Pro"
set itemNumber to 1
tell catalog 1
set itemSelection to selection
set theItemList to media info of every media item as list

set itemCount to count of theItemList
end tell

repeat itemCount times
tell application "Media Pro"

tell catalog 1
set itemSelection to selection
set theItemList to media info of every media item as list
set itemCount to count of theItemList
set widthVar to width of media item itemNumber
set heightVar to height of media item itemNumber
set resolutionVar to resolution of media item itemNumber
set fileType to file type of media item itemNumber
set encodingVar to encoding of media item itemNumber
set fileSize to file size of media item itemNumber
set colorDepth to color depth of media item itemNumber
set colorSpace to color space of media item itemNumber
set colorProfile to color profile of media item itemNumber
set applicationVar to file creator of media item itemNumber
set theFileName to name of media item itemNumber
set theFilePath to path of media item itemNumber
set x to the offset of ":" in (the reverse of every character of theFilePath) as text
set the parent_folder_path to (characters 1 thru -(x) of theFilePath) as text
set parent_folder to last word of parent_folder_path as text

set thumbVar to thumbnail of media item itemNumber
if resolutionVar = 0 then set resolutionVar to 72
set widthVar to widthVar / resolutionVar as real
set widthVar to (round widthVar * (10 ^ 3) rounding up) / (10 ^ 3)
set heightVar to heightVar / resolutionVar
set heightVar to (round heightVar * (10 ^ 3) rounding up) / (10 ^ 3)
set dimensionVar to widthVar & " x " & heightVar as text
set colorProfileName to color profile of media item itemNumber

end tell

if colorProfile = "" then
set colorProfile to "None"
else
set colorProfile to "Profile"
end if

end tell
set the clipboard to thumbVar

set databaseNumber to "GoToFieldPasteClip_" & itemNumber

tell application "FileMaker Pro"
tell database "Custom Color Printer Set-Up"
tell current record
set theFileNameField to "File Name" & itemNumber
set widthVarField to "CM in Width_" & itemNumber
set heightVarField to "CM in Tall_" & itemNumber
set dimensionVarField to "DocumentPageSize_" & itemNumber
set FinalTrimSizeField to "FinalTrimSize_" & itemNumber
set fileTypeField to "DocumentName_" & itemNumber
set colorProfileField to "Rip @_" & itemNumber
set PrintAtField to "Print @_" & itemNumber
--set ReqNumber to "Req #_" & itemNumber
set colorProfileNameField to "Profile_" & itemNumber
if colorProfileName > 0 then
set cell colorProfileNameField to colorProfileName
else
set cell colorProfileNameField to "No Profile"
end if
try
on error
set cell ReqNumber to colorProfileName
end try

set cell theFileNameField to theFileName
set cell widthVarField to widthVar
set cell heightVarField to heightVar
set cell dimensionVarField to dimensionVar
set cell FinalTrimSizeField to dimensionVar
try
set cell fileTypeField to fileType & "-" & applicationVar
on error
set cell fileTypeField to fileType & "" & ""
end try
set cell colorProfileField to colorProfile
set cell "Job ID" to parent_folder
set cell "File Path" to parent_folder_path
set cell PrintAtField to "100%"
do script "Set Field to Technician"

end tell
tell application "FileMaker Pro"

do script FileMaker script databaseNumber
delay 1
end tell
end tell

end tell

set itemNumber to itemNumber + 1

end repeat
end tell

Any ideas?

New location for application scripts

koderkev — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:32:25 -0400

I have been struggling with mail scripts in 10.8 and just found out that the location for application scripts has changed to ~/Library/Application Scripts. And it looks like the app names alone won't work, they have to be in the format com.apple.mail. Will Fastscripts be updated to support this change?

Debugging Best-Practices

lotusone — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:55:40 -0500

Often I have a script that works great on the command line, but fails when run from FastScripts. Its usually related to differences in the environment or forgetting to add the executable bit to a script file.

What's the best way to debug things like this? In Ruby scripts, I was using rb-appscript with the Standard Scripting Addition to display dialogs to sprinkle in logging, but it's a painful experience. It'd be really great to get the error output directly.

Mountain Lion

vanity — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:53:21 -0400

I'm preparing for the jump from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Is FastScripts ready?

I think of the applications I automate only Safari is sandboxed.

slow from menubar

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 05:50:02 -0400

Hi there,

When I click the FS icon in the menubar, there is a significant delay between the click and the appearance of the script menu, up to 3 seconds. I'm running the latest 2.5 build of FS under 10.6.4 on a 2.5 year old 2.4 GHz MBP. I keep my script folder in my Dropbox, symlinked back to home/library so that I can share the same scripts with my hackintosh running 10.5 (I do not have this problem on the second machine). I've tried replacing the original folder, temporarily deleting the folder and even reinstalling FS, but the problem persists. Hopefully I'm missing something obvious, and am grateful for any ideas. Thanks in advance for your concern.

Display message size

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:56:44 -0400

If i run this code, it splits text to two different rows. I would like to show very long strings in one row.

tell application \"FastScripts\" to set test_note to display message  \"testing testing testing testing testing\" at screen position center dismissing after delay 0
tell application \"FastScripts\" to set autodismiss time of test_note to 1.01

I know i could use something like this:

set test_note's bounds to {300, 200, 800, 300}

But since length of text changes every time and amount of rows too changes, size of window must be different too.

How i can find out how long and how high text is in pixels so i can set bounds correctly?

Macbook Air unwilling to release F-key for FastScripts use

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:08:07 -0500

Hi Daniel, guys - this is my 1st post here. Daniel: I'm a _long_ time user, amazing app!

OK, as I stated in the title, my new, late 2010 MBA 13

keyboard macros

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:55:26 -0500

How would I use FastScripts to be a keyboard macro utility? I.e. I'd like to hit a hot-key combo and have text typed at the current focus.

FastScripts 2.5

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:30:54 -0500

I haven't been using FastScripts for a while now because it was taking much too long to search my machine for scripts (in excess of 2000 of them), so I was extremely pleased with the speed with which 2.5 got down to business when I tried it this morning. Good stuff, Daniel. As Quicksilver triggers are getting increasingly flakey these days, I'll move back to FastScripts triggers for scripts I use all the time.

upgraded to Lion and now missing a Finder script

ahreff — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:02:51 -0500

After upgrading to Lion, I can no longer find the Finder script for adding text to a file. Any suggestions?

Transferring shortcuts between versions and machines

ian.haigh — Tue, 10 May 2011 03:17:37 -0400

Hi,

I'm finally getting around to asking a question that's been bugging me forever: is there a way to transfer my keyboard shortcuts from one version of an application to another? For example, I had a bunch of scripts for Adobe Illustrator CS4. When I got my CS5 upgrade, I duly installed it, only now the scripts folder name is "Adobe Illustrator CS5". Consequently, FastScripts no longer recognises the shortcuts that I've (oh-so-painstakingly) set up.

(What I actually do is create an alias called "Adobe Illustrator CS5" pointing to my original CS4 scripts folder, which is somewhere else entirely. But the problem still applies.)

Secondly, I'd love a way to install scripts on another machine, including the FastScripts shortcuts. Say, for example, I've set up a suite of scripts that I want to send to someone, and I would like include predefined shortcuts for convenience … it would be great if they could double click an XML file with setup data. Alternatively they could run an AppleScript to do it (I did investigate this option, but it appears as though the keyboard shortcut is read only?).

I imagine a solution to both of these scenarios is a way to export and import a plain text representation of an application's shortcuts (it could be in XML or JSON or something), including an option to nuke your existing shortcuts. I did have a look at com.red-sweater.FastScripts.plist … but the shortcut info looks like binary. And, therefore, terrifying.

I had a look at the FAQ and the forums, but didn't turn up anything useful. Has anyone come up with a solution?

Thanks!
Ian

v2.6 hangs in Tiger?

DontGetHerPregnant — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:52:28 -0400

I think I may updated too far...

After updating to 2.6 the other day, I'm (repeatedly) getting a hanging beachball, after just a few minutes after launching...

Is there a way to downgrade?

System scripts visibility

Ludoal — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:50:35 -0400

Feature request:
Would it be possible to add a preference item to hide System scripts, like in the AppleScript Editor Preferences?

Fastscripts doesn't like my user folder on external drive

koderkev — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:05:31 -0400

I just recently installed an SSD drive as my boot drive in my Mac mini. Because of space, I've moved my user folder to an external drive, which so far works well for most things. Fastscripts, however, refuses to run. When I try, it puts a spinner in the menubar for a moment and then quits.

Is there a workaround for this? Thanks for any help you can give.

Kevin

Shell Script Editor

lotusone — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:56:40 -0400

Why does this option exist? In general, the mac default application is used. I was boggled (I wasted 20 minutes) by why some .rb files opened with one application and some opened with another (but only in FS)! Eventually I tracked down the difference to the executable bit (which still left me confused), and then stumbled upon the preference.

Abort a running script?

bobstern — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:35:43 -0400

How can I abort a running script?

While a script is running, the FastScripts menu displays as its sole menu item "Abort running script", but the menu item is grayed out so that I cannot select it.

Is there a keyboard shortcut to abort any currently running script?

FastScripts' invoke command

ljr — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:52:37 -0400

Hi everyone,

is it possible to use FastScripts' invoke command in combination with a file path?

I am thinking of something more or less like this (which of course does not work):

tell app "FastScripts"
invoke script item file "Mac:myName:....:someScript.scpt"
end

I have pretty much understood the basic idea of the invoke command by reading this post: http://www.red-sweater.com/forums/discussion/comment/363/#Comment_363

But it seems like quite a detour and I would like to be able to point directly to the scpt file.

Thanks in advance

Luke

Background:
I have an AppleScript applet that responds to a url scheme and then launches a series of other scripts.
My first approach using "run script" turned out to be way to slow. The second approach via "do shell script" and "osascript" is running faster but it still does not perform as well as FastScripts. So I would love to see FastScripts handle the tasks... :)

AppleScript and Shortcut Problems

mwean — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:18:29 -0400

I'm trying to set up an AppleScript to run with a keyboard shortcut. If I select the item from the scripts menu, it works fine, but it doesn't if I use a keyboard shortcut. The applescript simply runs a Ruby script through the shell. So far I've found two problems:

-Using a complicated shortcut like cmd-opt-ctrl-shift-\ makes the AppleScript display the dialog "Press Run to run this script, or Quit to quit."

-Using a more simple shortcut, the Ruby script is opened with an editor rather than being executed.

I'm wondering why the script would behave differently in these situations. Thanks for your help!

App-specific shortcuts triggering from other apps

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:50:29 -0500

Although it says in Preferences/Script Shortcuts that "Shortcuts for scripts within the 'Applications' folder are only active when that application is frontmost", I've found that scripts stored in ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail trigger no matter which application has focus. Am I going wrong somewhere?