A Datepicker from Applescript

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I have created a “datepicker” in applescript by selecting day, month, years, hours, minutes etc. as numbers from lists Is there a way - other than xcode - to produce an actual datepicker calendar/clock, or is the best way to use a user interface from xcode?

The reason for the question is that the process of going through five lists to produce a date for a calendar event takes too long, and if it can be done quicker, and more attractively, I would prefer to go that route…

#2

Hi,

AppleScript doesn’t provide a real date picker, if you need one, Xcode is the best choice.
Alternatively ask for a date string in a specified format like


set {text returned:textReturned} to display dialog "please enter a date in format yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm" default answer "2010/11/13 22:46"

I admit that this line needs a pretty complex error handling :wink:

#3

Thanks, Stefan,

I guess that I will have to go to the xcode route if i want to use a proper calendar/clock type of UI. I am not sure how you integrate an Applescript code into a cocoa App, but I assume that you have to use the results of the calendar picker to generate the variable names that you use in the Applescript, and then continue from there???

#4

Sort of. As of Snow Leopard, you do this in AppleScriptObjC. There’s a catch in that Cocoa’s dates aren’t the same as AppleScript’s so there can be some fiddling, although there are simple workarounds. If you go to scriptbuilders, you’ll see a sample project in my ASObjC Utilities that doe this very thing.

#5

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the info. I have downloaded your app, and I am trying to understand what is going on, and how I might be able to implement the datepicker portion. I will come back to you if I am having trouble…