this handler is for extracting zip file.
The problem is that when “The Unarchiver.app” extracts the files, it takes focus away from the dialog box. The dialog box does not remain active.
The Unarchiver.app does not launch. It only extracts. There is nothing in the Activity Monitor that I could use ( i mean wait for some process to end…) I want to solve this problem without switching from “The Unarchiver.app” to some other application for extracting files.
on open thefiles
repeat with thefile in thefiles
try
set thename to name of (info for thefile)
tell application "System Events" to open thefile
tell application "System Events" to activate
--tell me to activate
set displaydialog to display dialog "Do you want to delete the file " & thename & " after extracing?" buttons {"Yes", "No", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of displaydialog is "Yes" then tell application "System Events" to delete thefile
on error e
tell me to activate
display dialog e
end try
end repeat
end open
This might be what you want. To be honest I not sure of the point of this scritp??
on open thefiles
tell application "Archive Utility"
activate
repeat with thefile in thefiles
try
set theName to name of (info for thefile)
open thefile
delay 1
set displaydialog to display dialog "Do you want to delete the file " & theName & " after extracing?" buttons {"Yes", "No", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
on error e
display dialog e
end try
end repeat
quit
if button returned of displaydialog is "Yes" then tell application "System Events" to delete thefile
end tell
end open
This may not be perfect, but at least the dialog box does appear, where before the app icon just bounced in the dock.
on open thefiles
repeat with thefile in thefiles
try
set thename to name of (info for thefile)
tell application "System Events" to open thefile
--tell application "System Events"
--activate
--end tell
--tell me to activate
end try
delay 2
tell me to display dialog "Do you want to delete the file " & thename & " after extracing?" buttons {"Yes", "No", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of result is "Yes" then
try
tell application "System Events"
activate
delete thefile
end tell
on error e
tell me to activate
display dialog e
end try
end if
end repeat
end open
Hi,
Thanks for the replies. I have not tested the scripts yet.
Valid question!!
I frequently download zip files. Sometimes, I want to delete the the last downloaded zip file after extracting. Sometimes I may want a display dialog to ask for a password when I know that the file I am extracting requires a password. Sometimes, I may not want to delete them after extracting. The script that I posted is only to get started towards writing the complete script which can do all the three things based on my choice. Does it make any sense now? Would you like to suggest any alternatives/alternative ways? Ideally i would like to use 7za (http://www.7-zip.org/) but if fails to extract archives on my system. I don’t know of any other open-source command line utility.
Hmm…
For a start you could use the Defaults to get the “Archive Utility” app to take care of deleting.
Which maybe Safer, as it will not delete it until it is fully extracted (i.e a very Large zip file)
Like this script does. You will need to add a final check if “Archive Utility” is still running or doing anything
and add the final quit.
on open thefiles
tell application "System Events"
set sourcePath to ((path to preferences folder of user domain) & "com.apple.archiveutility.plist" as Unicode text) as alias
set the dearchive_move_after to (property list item "dearchive-move-after" of contents of property list file (POSIX path of sourcePath))
set the Old_dearchive_move_after to value of dearchive_move_after
end tell
repeat with thefile in thefiles
set theName to name of (info for thefile)
set processName to ""
set displaydialog to display dialog "Do you want to delete the file " & theName & " after extracing?" buttons {"Yes", "No", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of displaydialog is "Yes" then
set counter to 0
repeat until processName is not ""
log processName
set counter to counter + 1
if counter ≤ 30 then
try
tell application "System Events" to set processName to unix id of process "Archive Utility"
do shell script "kill " & processName
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to set processName to unix id of process "Archive Utility"
on error
set processName to "notRunning"
tell application "System Events"
set the value of dearchive_move_after to "/dev/null"
tell application "Archive Utility" to open thefile
end tell
end try
else
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
end repeat
tell application "System Events" to set the value of dearchive_move_after to Old_dearchive_move_after
end open
Also it maybe better to look at using a Hotkey app like ‘Spark’ to run you script. Rather than drag and drop you can run on selection.
i get the error "can’t get property list item “dearchive-move-after”
I also tried changing
set sourcePath to ((path to preferences folder of user domain) & "com.apple.archiveutility.plist" as Unicode text) as alias
to
"Leopard:Users:cris2:Library:Preferences:com.apple.archiveutility.plist" as alias
I opened the plist and I did not see any such property. I am working harder on finding some command-line utility so that scripting becomes easier.
The fact that i use “on open” does not mean that I intend to use it as a droplet. Quicksilver and Launchbar require script to begin with “on open” so that they can be run on the selected files in those applications.
on open thefiles
tell application "System Events"
set sourcePath to ((path to preferences folder of user domain) & "com.apple.archiveutility.plist" as Unicode text) as alias
set the this_plistfile to property list file (POSIX path of sourcePath)
if not (exists (property list item "dearchive-move-after" of this_plistfile)) then
make new property list item at end of property list items of contents of this_plistfile with properties {kind:string, name:"dearchive-move-after", value:"."}
end if
set the dearchive_move_after to (property list item "dearchive-move-after" of contents of this_plistfile)
set the Old_dearchive_move_after to value of dearchive_move_after
end tell
repeat with thefile in thefiles
set theName to name of (info for thefile)
set processName to ""
set displaydialog to display dialog "Do you want to delete the file " & theName & " after extracing?" buttons {"Yes", "No", "Cancel"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of displaydialog is "Yes" then
set counter to 0
repeat until processName is not ""
log processName
set counter to counter + 1
if counter ≤ 30 then
try
tell application "System Events" to set processName to unix id of process "Archive Utility"
do shell script "kill " & processName
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to set processName to unix id of process "Archive Utility"
on error
set processName to "notRunning"
tell application "System Events"
set the value of dearchive_move_after to "/dev/null"
tell application "Archive Utility" to open thefile
end tell
end try
else
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
end repeat
tell application "System Events" to set the value of dearchive_move_after to Old_dearchive_move_after
end open
