AppleScript: Choose from list AND custom buttons?

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AppleScript: Choose from list AND custom buttons?

I want to create a script which will have the user choose from different options in a list. I want there to be two buttons, Play and Select. Play will play a sound based on the user's selection, select will assign the option to a variable and dismiss the pop-up.

I have tried: choose from list {"Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"} with prompt "Please select which sound you like best" buttons {"Select", "Play"} default button 2

However, it seems that I cannot use the "buttons" parameter with a list. Is there any other way to do what I want?

 MacBook Pro with Retina display-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 15 in, Late 2013, 256GB, 8GB RAM

Posted on Jan 9, 2015 12:21 PM

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Answer 1

VikingOSX

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Jan 9, 2015 12:50 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

Here is the correct syntax that you are permitted with a choose from list syntax (see AS Language Guide)

set mychoice to (choose from list {"Option 1", "Option 2", "Option 3"} with prompt "Please select which sound you like best" default items "None" OK button name {"Play"} cancel button name {"Cancel"})

-- choose from list cancel button returns false, not -128, as do other choose syntax do.

if mychoice is false then error number -128 -- user canceled

You could set your Cancel button name to {"Select"}, and then test for the false return for further select processing.

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Answer 2

Jan 9, 2015 12:54 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks!

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