BatchRunner run from JAVA

ajoso · August 7, 2006, 4:12pm

Related to the batch runner in code exchange section

http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=17922

I tried to run the applescript file which Orso posted in java.

import com.apple.cocoa.foundation.;
import com.apple.cocoa.application.;
import com.apple.cocoa.application.NSApplication;
//import NSApplication;

public class partB {
public static void main(String[] args)
{
NSApplication.sharedApplication();

     String script = "global VWfileTypes \n"
    +"set VWfileTypes to {\"MC6d\", \"MC7d\", \"MC8d\", \"MC9d\", \"DO11\", \"DO12\"} \n"
    +"set aVWscript to readFile((choose file with prompt \"Choose a VectorScript file \" of type \"TEXT\") as text) \n"
    +"set theChosenFiles to choose file with prompt \"Choose one or more vectorWorks files \" of type VWfileTypes with multiple selections allowed without invisibles \n"
    +"launch application \"VectorWorks\" \n"
    +"set theProcessedFiles to {return} \n"
    +"repeat with aVWfile in the theChosenFiles \n"
    +"runTheScript(aVWfile, aVWscript) \n"
    +"set end of theProcessedFiles to name of (info for aVWfile) & return \n"
    +"end repeat \n"
    +"display dialog \"Processed files: \" & theProcessedFiles as text \n"
    +"on runTheScript(theVWfile, theVSscript) \n"
    +"tell application \"VectorWorks\" \n"
    +"open theVWfile \n"
    +"ignoring application responses \n"
    +"DoScript theVSscript \n"
    +"tell application \"System Events\" \n"
    +"tell process \"VectorWorks\" \n"
    +"set frontmost to true \n"
    +"delay 1 \n"
    +"key code 36 \n"
    +"end tell \n"
    +"end tell \n"
       
    +"end ignoring \n"
    +"close document 1 saving yes \n"
    +"end tell \n"
    +"end runTheScript \n";


     NSAppleScript myScript = new NSAppleScript(script);
     NSMutableDictionary errors = new NSMutableDictionary();
     System.out.println("Yay AppleScript!");
 }

}

I tried to run your applescript batch runner from java. But it doesn’t work.
I hope someone can let me know, what I do wrong.

Thanks in advance

orso · August 11, 2006, 5:58am

Ajoso, I’m sorry. I have no knowledge of Java. I cannot say why it doesn’t work there. Did you try to load the VS from a text file instead of hard coding it with all chars excapes? Does it work thus?

Orso