AppleScript, Growl, and permissions.

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joewhite1989 Author

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AppleScript, Growl, and permissions.

Hi,

I'm using an AppleScript in conjunction with Growl to create a new text file in Dropbox when a tagged notification is displayed, but a permission error is stopping the process. I've got read/write access to the folder, com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp (in Application Scripts) but the error's persisting. Can I alter something to fix this? The error reads:

The document “Untitled” could not be exported as “[text file].txt”. You don’t have permission. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

I'll be using Hazel to move and eventually trash this file once it's triggered another workflow, so it's not ideal to fix each text file as it's created. I'm new to AppleScript, thanks for any help offered.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 16, 2014 6:36 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 16, 2014 7:12 AM in response to joewhite1989

Without more information it could be anything.

Were are you exporting the file from and where are you exporting it to? Seeing your code would be nice also.

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Answer 2

joewhite1989 Author

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Mar 16, 2014 7:16 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Hi Frank, thanks for the reply. I should have been more clear -- it's leaving the com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp (in Application Scripts) (in Library) and going to /Dropbox, mentioned above. I've included the code below too. Thanks.

using terms from application "Growl"

on evaluate notificationwithnotification

if notification's app name contains "Watts" then

tell application "TextEdit"

activate

makenewdocument

set theDate to current date

set text of document 1 to theDate as text

save document 1 in "/Users/Joe/Dropbox/battery.txt"

end tell

end if

end evaluate notification

end using terms from

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Answer 3

Mar 16, 2014 9:34 AM in response to joewhite1989

IS the error you reported above

The document “Untitled” could not be exported as “[text file].txt”. You don’t have permission. To view or change permissions, select the item in the Finder and choose File > Get Info.

happening when TextEdit runs the

savedocument 1 in "/Users/Joe/Dropbox/battery.txt"

line?

If so as a test try saving to someplace other then Dropbox, say your Desktop and see if the error stil occurs.

It's been a while since I used Growl, didn't realize it was still around now that Mavericks has Notifications but I don;t see anything in the code you posted that would indicate a Growl problem

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Answer 4

joewhite1989 Author

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Mar 16, 2014 10:02 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Hi Frank -- it is, but after switching the location around to Desktop the same message is cropping up.

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Answer 5

joewhite1989 Author

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Mar 16, 2014 10:19 AM in response to joewhite1989

I've figured a workaround by changing the code to copy a preexising file from one location to Dropbox -- still not sure why the original code didn't work as expected, but the workaround is fine. Thanks again Frank for your help!

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