on 11/16/2003 12:25 AM, Jeremy Whipple at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, that motivated me to actually try this out. It took me a lot more than > 30 seconds because of my unfamiliarity with scripting. Perhaps the biggest > problem was that I didn't know what "folder actions" meant. OS X "Help" was > a waste of time (try searching for "folder actions" and see what you get), > but then I looked in David Pogue's OS X Missing Manual, which had an index > entry for it.
Folder actions are a bit mysterious and not well documented. > So I have the script saved, and I have it attached to the target folder. > > The good news is that the rule in E'rage saves the fax, and about 50 > seconds later the file gets deleted from the target folder. > > The bad news is that nothing gets printed! > > Any ideas why this is? As I think I mentioned, the tiff files belong to > Preview by default. Should I try switching the default to Graphic Converter? Well, you have tackled step one, which is getting a folder to print what you drop into it. > > Later: I just tried dropping a GraphicConverter file on the target folder. > This time, the file opened up in GC, and I got a print dialog. We're getting > closer here, but still no cigar. > > And now I just tried option-dropping a TextEdit file on the target folder. > This time the script worked like a charm, printing the file with no > intervention from me. I should not, I have to click the print button with this, I did not know you wanted it to print with no intervention. If that is the case, you have to change the script a little to tell it to open anything dropped in the folder in a certain app, and then print that with no dialog. Some apps may not support printing with no dialog. This is better answered by someone who knows applescript, rather than I, who only dabble with it from time to time. > This is tantalizing. If I could get persuade Preview or GC to respond to the > Finder print command within the script as TextEdit does, I'd be home free. > But is this possible? Failing that, is there another app I could use that > would be amenable to the command? (Scott, what did you use?) We will get it in time, I will keep looking around. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Haneda Tel: 415.898.2602 http://www.newgeo.com Fax: 313.557.5052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Novato, CA U.S.A. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
