Passing parameters from Rev to Applescript

[Thomas McGrath III]

I think it comes down to the fact that you have the AS in a field. If  
it was all via code then you could just script it together revolution  
variables and AS code, but then you would have to splice multiple AS  
lines together in your code. I actually find that using custom  
properties is easiest and then use "<myvalue>" so that when you  
REPLACE the <myvalue> you still get the quotes where they belong in  
the AS script, etc.

Tom McGrath III
Lazy River Software
3mcgrath at comcast.net

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On Dec 21, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> Unless things have changed this is the only way I have ever seen it  
> done. They have made some changes to do so I would check that just  
> in case.
>
> Tom McGrath III
> Lazy River Software
> 3mcgrath at comcast.net
>
> iTunes Library Suite - libITS
> Information and download can be found on this page:
> http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/RevOne.html
>
>
> On Dec 21, 2009, at 6:26 PM, Howard Bornstein wrote:
>
>> Thanks Tom,
>>
>> This does work. So do I gather however, that you can't pass or  
>> intermix Rev
>> parameters directly with Applescript parameters? In other words, if  
>> I have a
>> variable in Rev called tColor which contains "Red", I can't ever  
>> use that
>> directly in an Applescript statement? Variables always have to be  
>> plugged in
>> to a hard-coded AS statement using the replace command or something  
>> similar?
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards,
>>
>> Howard Bornstein
>> -----------------------
>> www.designeq.com
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Thomas McGrath III  
>> <mcgrath3 at mac.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Add something like this:
>>>
>>>      put field 1 into tTemp
>>>      replace "tWindowName" with "Pictures" in tTemp
>>>      do tTemp as Applescript
>>>
>>>
>>> I usually do special tag around 'replaceable' items like in
>>> replace "<property>" with pProperty in tTheScript
>>> do tTheScript as applescript
>>>
>>> HTHs
>>>
>>> Tom McGrath III
>>> Lazy River Software
>>> 3mcgrath at comcast.net
>>>
>>> iTunes Library Suite - libITS
>>> Information and download can be found on this page:
>>> http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/RevOne.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 21, 2009, at 6:01 PM, Howard Bornstein wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmm, I thought this was straightforward but I can't seem to get  
>>> this to
>>>> work.
>>>>
>>>> I want to pass a value from Rev to an applescript. Here is a  
>>>> simplified
>>>> version of what I'm trying to do:
>>>>
>>>> on mouseup
>>>>  Put "Pictures" into tWindowName
>>>>  do field 1 as Applescript
>>>> end mouseup
>>>>
>>>> Field 1 contains the following:
>>>>
>>>> Set theWindow to tWindowName
>>>> Tell application "Finder"
>>>>  get bounds of window theWindow
>>>> end tell
>>>>
>>>> This results in an applescript execution error. If I substitute  
>>>> "Pictures"
>>>> for tWindowName, it works properly. But rather than hard-coding  
>>>> the window
>>>> name into the applescript I want to pass it as a parameter.
>>>>
>>>> How can I take a Rev variable and pass it into an applscript?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Howard Bornstein
>>>> -----------------------
>>>> www.designeq.com
>>>>
>>>
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