Use AppleScript to return path name

Thanks, do I type that in word for word, even what's in the brackets?

Hi, the resulting file ends up on the desktop and doesn't go into the folder.

The script:

on run {input, parameters}

tell application "Finder" to return parent of item 1 of (selection as alias list)

end run

Then "Set Value of Variable" with the name containerPath.

At the end when I need to move the file:

Move Finder Items to containerPath

I'm not getting any errors, just the file correctly processed on the desktop.

Hi, my work flow is combining several PDF files into one file. If I get the files at the end of the workflow it's getting the original files and not the resulting file. How do I tell it to get the resulting file?

The problem is the Combine PDF workflow saves the resulting file in a random folder in Var.

I can't use a hard coded Path as the Path changes from job to job.

The containerPath variable is set earlier in the workflow and is used at the end to set the path to move the file to, so isn't that what you mean by "one generated by an earlier workflow action?"

Thanks for all this by the way.

Sure I will post it tomorrow as it's at work and I've gone home. I assume I need to host it somewhere and post the link; there's no way to directly share a file here?

Side note: quite frustrating, after I has edited the workflow with your suggestion now it doesn't save the file at all to the desktop even though I reverted it back to before the changes - I still get an error near the end. Hopefully if you take a peek it will be more clear.

It's a long workflow so it's in 3 parts. What I need to accomplish:

- convert a selection of EPS files to PDF

- select the resulting PDF's and combine into one

- rename the combined PDF so it matches the originating folder

- move the combined PDF into the originating folder

- BONUS if anyone knows who to tell it to delete the single PDF files but not a biggie

Hi, I've posted the workflow here.