Hi Camelot - thanks for your reply! - i have a script that pulls a list of names from an existing text file and duplicates them based off of a source adobe illustrator file. - But the filenaming structure has changed and the script doesnt perform as needed now and i am manually copying hundreds of filenames from a provided xcel doc and pasting them one by on on a manually duplicated ai file. below is the current script i used before the naming setups changed and i cant modify it to duplicate correctly.
I sincerely appreciate your info if you have time for that! THANKS!
--this version uses the FINDER for copying, and works in both Panther & Tiger...
--set "mainServerPath" to the location of the folder of crossreference data files:
set mainServerPath to "desktop:Reference_files:"
set flexRefFile to "flex_crossref.txt"
set leagueList to {"CFL", "COLLEGE", "HEISMAN", "NBA", "NBADL", "NFL", "NHL"}
set teamNameList to {}
set teamCodeList to {}
-------------------------------------begin user input
set sourceFile to choose file with prompt "Select the SOURCE FILE:" without invisibles
set sourcePath to quoted form of (POSIX path of sourceFile) --The [quoted form of POSIX path] used for UNIX support...
--choose LEAGUE
set selectedLeague to item 1 of (choose from list leagueList with prompt "Select League for this Tech Pack:") as Unicode text
--enter STYLE NUMBER
set styleNum to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Style Number -" default answer "")
--enter COLLECTION PREFIX
set collectionPrefix to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Collection Prefix -" default answer "")
--enter COLOR CODE
set colorCode to text returned of (display dialog "Enter Color Code -" default answer "")
--choose DESTINATION
set destFold to (choose folder with prompt "Select DESTINATION folder:") as Unicode text
set destPath to quoted form of (POSIX path of destFold)
-------------------------------------end of user input
--determine which cross-reference file to use...
if selectedLeague = "CFL" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & cflRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "COLLEGE" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & collegeRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "HEISMAN" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & heismanRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "NBA" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & nbaRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "NBADL" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & nbadlRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "NFL" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & nflRefFile
else if selectedLeague = "NHL" then
set leagueRefPath to mainServerPath & nhlRefFile
end if
--read team code/team name cross reference from a hardcoded location.
set lookupList to read file leagueRefPath -- reads in all contents of the data file
set lookupList to every paragraph of lookupList
-- strip off any empty item at end
if item -1 of lookupList = "" then
set lookupList to items 1 thru -2 of lookupList
end if
--and split the team names and codes into 2 parallel lists...
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {tab}
repeat with t from 1 to count of lookupList
set end of teamNameList to text item 1 of item t of lookupList
set end of teamCodeList to text item 2 of item t of lookupList
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
--get the file extension of the source file
set fileExt to name extension of (info for sourceFile)
--file copy/renaming occurs now...
repeat with i from 1 to count teamCodeList
--build file name...
set thisTeam to item i of teamNameList
if (count of thisTeam) is less than 5 then
set shortTeam to thisTeam
else
set shortTeam to text 1 thru 5 of thisTeam
end if
set newName to (styleNum & "_" & item i of teamCodeList & "_" & collectionPrefix & shortTeam & "_" & colorCode & "." & fileExt) as Unicode text
--using the FINDER
-- duplicates the source file into the destination, then renames it...
tell application "Finder"
set f to duplicate sourceFile to destFold
set name of f to newName
end tell
end repeat
