writing text field values as properties to external applescript file

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#1

Hey all,
I am trying to write a program which upload certain files to a server. I would also like to have the program remember the server info upon each launch so that the user doesn’t have to type it in each type they run the program

I have found a way to retrieve values from an external applescrit file and load them into text fields in my AppleScript Studio App. That was pretty easy.

Here is the code that I have for that . . .


if the name of theObject is "showServerInfo" then
		
		set myScriptPath to "/testVariables.scpt"
		set myScriptPath to POSIX file myScriptPath
		set serverInfo to load script file myScriptPath
		
		tell serverInfo
			set contents of text field "userName" of window "mainWindow" to its userID as string
			set contents of text field "passPhrase" of window "mainWindow" to its passPhrase as string
			set contents of text field "serverURL" of window "mainWindow" to its serverURL as string
			set contents of text field "serverPath" of window "mainWindow" to its folderPath as string
		end tell

The “testVariables.scpt” file looks like . . .


property userID: "xxx"  --where xxx is a real value
property passPhrase: "yyy"
property serverURL: "zzz"
property folderPath: "ranOutOfLetters"

Ideally, once these values are present in the external file, they will load automatically at the startup. This should be a problem for me (I do realize that the above code is dependent on a button click).

But this is only helpful if the external file already has the values. I need a way to write what a user would type into the text fields to the external file, and can’t figure it out.

Here is what I have, but I can’t for the life of me figure out how this might work.


else if the name of the theObject is "saveServerInfo" then
		
		set myScriptPath to "/testVariables.scpt"
		set myScriptPath to POSIX file myScriptPath
		set serverInfo to load script file myScriptPath
		
		tell serverInfo
			set its userID to the contents of text field "userName" of window "mainWindow"
			set its passPhrase to the contents of text field "passPhrase" of window "mainWindow"
			set its serverURL to the contents of text field "serverURL" of window "mainWindow"
			set its folderPath to the contents of text field "serverPath" of window "mainWindow"
		end tell
		
	end if

How might I get this to work so that the newly typed in values will get saved into the external applescript file? If this is not possible (It seems that it should be), how might I go about doing this?

#2

Hi,

Ususally you write values to user defaults of your app, but this can be done with script also. You need to overwrite the script. Something like this:

on MakeScript(v)
script
property some_prop : v
end script
end MakeScript

set f to choose file – the compiled script
display dialog “Enter new text:” default answer “text”
set t to text returned of result
set s to MakeScript(t)
store script s in f replacing yes
set s to load script f
some_prop of s

gl,

#3

Yes, if you want to use a script object, you should be able to change the one you have loaded, and then use the store script command to save it.

However, you might be interested in this: Bindings Your Preferences in AppleScript Studio (OS X v10.3+)