Get Finder Selection from a non-ASOC app

[fiz]

Hello,

I want to reproduce this:

tell application “Finder”
activate
set MyFolderList to selection as list
end tell

How is it possible outside an applescript/ASOC application? Using finder.h? NSWorkspace? SBApplication? Using an applescript and launching it from inside the app?

A lot of doc, but I can’t find a way to get this done, that is, to obtain an NSArray containing the selected paths. Any ideas?

[McUsrII]

Hello.

Executing an applescript from within an app, would be possible, but violate the sandboxing I think.

Maybe Finder supports plugin architecture and you could write a plugin for finder, which you could import data from?

I am not sure if that would work either, and come to think about it, I’d have a look into Quicksilvers source code, if that is available, that App, can at least grab a finder selection.

HTH

[fiz]

OK, I got it. I use Scripting Bridge framework.

• (NSArray*) finderSelection {
  finder = [SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@“com.apple.finder”];
  SBElementArray * selection = [[finder selection] get];
  return [selection arrayByApplyingSelector:@selector(URL)];
  }

Note that using Scripting Bridge gives a heck of a brake to an Objective-C application.

@Shane Stanley

The main thing is to get out of the clutches of the Finder.