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mark hill
Applescript Spotlight Comments
Jun 9th, 2008, 4:18pm  
Hi all,

Has anyone succeeded in changing a files spotlight comments using applescript on OSX 10.5 with Java 1.5.0_13 from within Processing?

I've tried the following:


   String script =
   "tell application \"Finder\"" + "\n" +
   "set theFile to \"" + filename + "\"" + "\n" +
   "set locked of file theFile to false" + "\n" +
   "set owner privileges of file theFile to read write" + "\n" +
   "set group privileges of file theFile to read write" + "\n" +
   "set everyones privileges of file theFile to read write" + "\n" +
   "set comment of file theFile to \"foo\""+"\n"+
   "end tell";

Executing this script and any number of permutations does nothing, and I'm wondering if its possible
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fry
Re: Applescript Spotlight Comments
Reply #1 - Jun 9th, 2008, 6:07pm  
for starters make sure you're using exec() instead of open():
http://processing.org/reference/open_.html
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