On Feb 12, 2012, at 13:32, Christian Pleul wrote:

> 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

It seems to confuse two different "modification date" properties. I'll have 
this avoided for the next release.

Christiaan


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