I am using a simple applescript application to open different URL schemes in different Fluid Apps.
By setting this app as the default browser, I can effectively parse out the URL scheme and open the appropriate stand-alone Fluid App as the browser.
Everything works perfectly, except the “share this folder…” option in Dropbox. This opens a local URL - file:///var/folders/…
This simply does not work. The default_browser application launches and then immediately closes.
Does anyone know how to update this script so that local file links will work?
on open location this_URL
if this_URL contains "docs.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "drive.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "mail.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "gmail.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
-- default browser here
else
tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
end if
end open location
This script currently works with every link except the Dropbox “share this folder…” option - which opens the default browser app (above), which then closes immediately.
I assume you want to open those local files to open in their default app? If so, this should work:
set TIDs to text item delimiters
set text item delimiters to "//"
set pathPOSIX to text item 2 of this_URL
set pathHFS to POSIX file pathPOSIX
set text item delimiters to TIDs
tell application "Finder" to open pathHFS
Thanks - I’ll give that a try. The file Dropbox uses is an HTML file stashed away in the depths of the ~user folder. It would previously (before adding this handler app) open Chrome. Now it opens this app and does nothing.
Hi - I can’t seem to get this to work. I think the issue is two fold.
I don’t know where to put the code above within my code
I’m not sure what logic to use to run this code “if” the URL is a file path
Here’s what I have currently. It’s still not working…
on open location this_URL
set TIDs to text item delimiters
set text item delimiters to "//"
set pathPOSIX to text item 2 of this_URL
set pathHFS to POSIX file pathPOSIX
set text item delimiters to TIDs
if this_URL contains "docs.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "drive.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Google Drive.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "mail.google.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "gmail.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Fluids/Gmail.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "dropbox.com" then
tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
else if this_URL contains "file:" then
tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
activate
open pathHFS
end tell
else
-- default browser here
tell application "/Applications/Google Chrome.app"
activate
open location this_URL
end tell
end if
end open location
Well…
You’re right with #1 - you’ve mixed old and new, so to speak.
When you want to open a file you tell Finder to do it, and Finder will see to it that the file opens in the default app. You have given a Finder file reference to Chrome, which it does not know how to handle.
Replace all code within the above if-then block with what I gave you. Sorry for not making that clear sooner.
Also, I think all those activate commands are unnecessary - the open cmd should make the app come to the front.
- you’ve mixed old and new, so to speak.