hi!
I got a problem with my script. it doesnt wait for the files to be fully transferred before opening the files with the app. I want to copy files into folder which are then processed by compressor to avi, real, etc. It works fine with small files, but we use big files and the script doesnt wait for the file not being busy. here the script. any suggestions?
– THESE PROPERTIES ARE FOR THE NOTIFICATION ROUTINE
property speak_alert : false – if true, the script will speak the alert. If false, the script will display an alert dialog
property dialog_timeout : 30 – set the amount of time before dialogs auto-answer.
– THIS PROPERTY IS USED TO INDICATE WHETHER THE SCRIPT CHECKS THE INCOMING FILES FOR COMPLETED TRANSFER
– SET THIS PROPERTY TO TRUE FOR FOLDERS SHARED VIA FILE SHARING
– NOTE THAT ITEMS DROPPED IN SHARED FOLDERS WILL HAVE THEIR LABEL SET TO 7
property copy_checks_indicator : true
– THESE PROPERTIES ARE FOR THE STATUS CHECKING ROUTINES
property item_check_delay_time : 2
property folder_check_delay_time : 3
property special_label_index : 7
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
try
if copy_checks_indicator is true then
-- CHECK THE FILES TO MAKE SURE THEY"RE COMPLETELY AVAILABLE
set the added_items to my check_added_items(the added_items)
if the added_items is {} then return "no vaild items"
end if
tell application "Finder"
--get the name of the folder
set this_folder_name to the name of this_folder
end tell
-- find out how many new items have been placed in the folder
set new_item_count to the number of items in the added_items
-- CHECKS THE FILENAMES TO SEE IF THEY HAVE THE PROPER SUFFIXES FOR
-- WORD 98, EXCEL 98, POWERPOINT 98, AND FILEMAKER PRO. IF THEY
-- DON'T, CHECKS THE LENGTH OF THE FILENAME AND, IF NECESSARY, TRUNCATES
-- IT ENOUGH TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE PROPER SUFFIX.
tell application "AAC 128Kbps"
repeat with x in added_items
open x
end repeat
end tell
on error
end try
end adding folder items to
on remove_labels(the added_items)
tell application "Finder"
repeat with this_item in the added_items
set the label index of this_item to 0
end repeat
end tell
end remove_labels
on check_added_items(the added_items)
-- check the transfer status of every added file to determine
-- if each file has completed being moved into the attached folder
set the notbusy_items to {}
repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in the added_items
set this_item to (item i of the added_items)
if my check_busy_status(this_item) is false then
set the end of the notbusy_items to this_item
end if
end repeat
return the notbusy_items
end check_added_items
on check_busy_status(this_item)
-- a folder can contain items partially transfered
-- this routine will wait for all the folder contents to transfer
if the last character of (this_item as text) is ":" then
set the check_flag to false
repeat
-- look for any files within the folder that are still transferring
tell application "Finder"
try
set the busy_items to the name of every file of the entire contents of this_item whose file type begins with "bzy"
on error
set the busy_items to {}
end try
end tell
if the check_flag is true and the busy_items is {} then return false
-- pause for the indicated time
delay the folder_check_delay_time
-- set the flag and check again
set the check_flag to true
end repeat
else -- the passed item is a single file, suitcase, clipping, etc.
-- check the label of the item. If it is the marked label, then it's already been processed so ignore.
tell application "Finder"
if (the label index of this_item) as integer is the special_label_index then
return "ignore"
end if
end tell
set the check_flag to false
repeat
tell application "Finder"
set the item_file_type to the file type of this_item
end tell
if the check_flag is true and the item_file_type does not start with "bzy" then
tell application "Finder"
set the label index of this_item to the special_label_index
end tell
-- allow the Finder time to change the label
delay the item_check_delay_time
return false
else if the item_file_type does not start with "bzy" then
-- set the flag and check again
set the check_flag to true
end if
-- pause for the indicated time
delay the item_check_delay_time
end repeat
end if
end check_busy_status
thanks,
martin
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