Save .scpt files as .applescript

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#1

I wanted to save about a hundred applescript .scpt files as plain text .applescript. So I wrote the following code.

tell application "Finder"
	set thefiles to selection as alias list
	repeat with i from 1 to count of thefiles
		set thefile to item i of thefiles
		tell application "AppleScript Editor"
			open thefile
-- code to save as applescript
			tell application "System Events"
				delay 0.5
				tell application process "AppleScript Editor"
					set frontmost to true
					-- alternative method
					--click menu item 9 of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
					click menu item "Save As." of menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
					keystroke tab & tab & tab & tab & tab & tab & tab
					key code 125 -- down key
					key code 125
					key code 125
					key code 125
					keystroke return
					delay 0.2
					keystroke return
					keystroke "w" using command down -- close window
					delay 0.5
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
		--move thefile to trash -- use with caution, deletes file
	end repeat
end tell
#2

You really mustn’t use UI scripting when an application has a perfect suitable dictionary. This script is probably a lot faster:

tell application "Finder" to set myFiles to selection
set myFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Destination folder:")

repeat with i in myFiles
	set i to i as alias
	
	-- create dest alias
	set destFile to useFilename_InFolder_withExtension_(i, myFolder, "applescript")
	
	
	tell application "Script Editor"
		set myDoc to open i
		save myDoc as "text" in destFile
		close myDoc
	end tell
end repeat

on useFilename_InFolder_withExtension_(filename, foldername, ext)
	set fName to lastPathComponent(POSIX path of filename)
	set fExt to name extension of (info for filename)
	set fName to text 1 thru -((count fExt) + 2) of fName
	set fName to fName & "." & ext
	
	set newFilename to (foldername as text) & fName
end useFilename_InFolder_withExtension_

(* ========= HANDLERS ========= *)
on pathComponents(filename)
	if filename is "" then return {}
	set tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "/"
	set components to every text item of filename
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
	if filename starts with "/" then set item 1 of components to "/"
	
	-- if end with slash
	if item -1 of components is "" then set components to (items 1 thru -2 of components)
	
	set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tid
	return components
end pathComponents

on lastPathComponent(filename)
	set allComponents to my pathComponents(filename)
	if allComponents is {} then return ""
	return item -1 of allComponents
end lastPathComponent

Hope it helps,
ief2

#3

You don’t even need to open/save the file with script editor… use the command line tool osadecompile. And if you need to recompile the “.applescript” files at some point use osacompile.

tell application "Finder" to set theSelection to selection as alias list
set destFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Where do you want to save the files?") as text

repeat with aFile in theSelection
	set newPath to destFolder & getName(aFile) & ".applescript"
	do shell script "/usr/bin/osadecompile " & quoted form of POSIX path of aFile & " > " & quoted form of POSIX path of newPath
end repeat

on getName(F)
	set {name:Nm, name extension:Ex} to info for F without size
	if Ex is not "" and Ex is not missing value then
		set Nm to text 1 thru ((count Nm) - (count Ex) - 1) of Nm
	end if
	return Nm
end getName
#4

Hello.

Here is a handler that decompiles and removes any nul-bytes.
Im not sure when this option were added, but I believe it came after Tiger.
You can use Smile to achieve the same for at least Tiger.


on getAppleScriptText(fileAlias) -- Thanks to oldmanegan

	local theSourceText, qfPoxPath
	set qfPoxPath to quoted form of POSIX path of (fileAlias)
	set theSourceText to do shell script "/usr/bin/osadecompile " & qfPoxPath & "| /usr/bin/tr -d '\\000'"
	on error e number n
		tell me
			activate
			display alert "getAppleScriptText" & e & " : " & n
		end tell
		error number -128
	end try
	if theSourceText is "" then
		tell me
			activate
			display alert "getAppleScriptText: The Script " & qfPoxPath & " is empty, or left in debugging state"
		end tell
		error number -128
	end if
	return theSourceText
end getAppleScriptText
#5

Hello.

I have created a tool based on this which displays the differences in two AppleScript files (script files ) via TextWrangler the Script can be found here