Readiris OCR Softwa - Made it Scriptable; Can't Pass A File to Command

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#1

Hi,
I read this article (http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/150/minimal-scriptability) and set the NSAppleScriptEnabled to Yes for Readiris v11.0.5 (it’s OCR software). That said, I used Script Debugger to take a look at all the new things now available to me via AppleScript. Now, when I execute the following:


Tell Application "Readiris"
   auto recognize
End Tell

When executed, a file open dialog opens in the application. OK, so, looking at the dictionary, I see that a parameter of “reference” can be passed in as optional, and the description says “a list of files to be processed” or something like that. I have tried a couple of different ways to pass in a file with no success. Sorry, I can’t elaborate on that at the moment, it’s late. But basically, I always get an error of not expected type or something like this.

I realize my details towards the end here are sketchy, so I will try and provide these details soon. Also, I realize that performing the steps listed at the URL above do not guarantee that I can use AppleScript with the app, but I think my success thus far has proven that I can, with of course, some potential problems.

#2

I don’t have your app, but after doing the same thing (the FastScripts bit) to Preview which is normally not scriptable, this works:


tell application "Preview" to open alias "path/to/a/pdf/file.pdf"
#3

Adam,

Thanks for your reply.

It turns out that doing a:

tell application "Readiris" to auto recognize file "Path:To:Folder:With:PDF:file.pdf"

causes the application to open the file. I was trying to first get the file info from a Tell Finder block, but this caused a “Not expected type error.”

Thanks again for your suggestion. By the way, what do you mean by “FastScripts bit”?

#4

Setting the NSAppleScriptEnabled to Yes as suggested by Daniel Jalkut of Red Sweater software - he’s the author of FastScripts, which is how I think of him.