Hi,
I know this is probably a big ask but im having lots of trouble with this:
on themeDock()
set _2 to path to resource "doxotheme.app" as string
set tmpPath to (path to home folder as text) & "Library:"
set themePath to tmpPath & "doxotheme.app:Contents:Resources:"
--loading screen
set visible of window "main" to false
tell window "wait"
set visible to true
start progress indicator "loading"
end tell
--start the file moving
tell application "Finder"
--duplicate the doxotheme.app to a tmp location
duplicate _2 to tmpPath with replacing
-- i need help with the next steps please!
end tell
end themeDock
(from the help comment in code)
there is a global variable named mainImage, it contains a path to an image
what i am trying to do is duplicate the image into the resources file of an application that is hidden in the library folder (see code)
The image must be called a certain name and replace any images with that same name
seems simple enough?
but I can’t figure out how I can do it
if anyone can show I will be forever grateful to you and this forum!!
thanks sooo much if you can help
I recommend to use the shell for the duplicate job
on themeDock()
set _2 to path to resource "doxotheme.app"
set tmpPath to path to library folder from user domain -- result is an alias
set themePath to (tmpPath as text) & "doxotheme.app:Contents:Resources:"
--loading screen
set visible of window "main" to false
tell window "wait"
set visible to true
start progress indicator "loading"
end tell
--start the file moving
do shell script "cp " & quoted form of POSIX path of _2 & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of tmpPath
do shell script "cp " & quoted form of POSIX path of mainImage & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of themePath
end themeDock
I recommend full paths for do shell script instead of relying on the environment.
I recently posted this to the FaceSpan 5 mailing list because another user was failing to notice that the environment (PATH specifically) was different from what he expected it to be.
do shell script "cp " & quoted form of POSIX path of _2 & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of tmpPath
do shell script "cp " & quoted form of POSIX path of mainImage & " " & quoted form of POSIX path of themePath
isn’t that just moving the files - what about the renaming the image (and replacing)?
thanks so far
