Launching Preview

[Roger Eller]

Scott,

I think he was wanting to avoid writing a file at all, which is why I used
the clipboard, and AppleScript to send Apple-N.  It would be cool if we
could:

launch the clipboardData["image"] with "Preview.app"

~Roger


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim:
>
> I'm not sure how you expect Preview to display something it can't normally
> access through it's File menu, but try this and see if it works for you.
>
> on mouseUp
>    set itemDel to "/"
>    put item 1 to -2 of the tempName into theFolder
>    put "tempexport.png" into theFile
>    put (theFolder & "/" & theFile) into theFilePath
>    export snapshot from grc "oval" to file theFilePath as PNG
>    launch theFilePath with "Preview.app"
> end mouseUp
>
>
> I'm not positive but I believe the temp folder should always be available
> to write to unless the host machine is severely locked down.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 11/21/13 6:47 AM, "Jim Hurley" <jhurley0305 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> >Hi Roger,
> >
> >Thanks. This level of Apple Script is over my head, I'm afraid.
> >
> >I tried it, but "theGroup" didn't show up in Preview.
> >
> >I'm surprised that LC doesn't have a more direct way of getting a
> >snapshot into Preview than first creating a file to disk, i.e.
> >
> >      export snapshot from rect (rect of  graphic "oval") of this card
> >to file tPathAndName as PNG
> >      launch document tPathANDNAME
> >
> >Might there be a way to launch Preview and then "activate" the "New from
> >clipboard" within Preview? Not sure what I mean by "activate."
> >
> >Jim Hurley
> >
> >>
> >> Message: 6
> >> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:13:29 -0500
> >> From: Roger Eller <roger.e.eller at sealedair.com>
> >> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> >> Subject: Re: Launching Preview
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> >>
> >> Ok, this one works, and it doesn't matter if Preview is already open.
> >>
> >> on mouseUp
> >>   put "tell application" && quote & "System Events" & quote && "to
> >> keystroke" && quote & "n" & quote && "using {command down}" into
> >> tAppleScript
> >>   export snapshot from grp "theGroup" to tempVariable as PNG
> >>   set the clipboardData["image"] to tempVariable
> >>   launch "Preview.app"
> >>   do "tell Preview" & cr & "end tell" as AppleScrpt -- focus on Preview
> >>   do tAppleScript as AppleScript -- Apple-N (New from Clipboard)
> >> end mouseUp
> >>
> >> ~Roger
> >>
> >
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