Re: FN-FORUM: Batch Processing - AppleScript

date posted 1st June 2003 16:52

> Does anyone know of any software for adding prefixes and suffixes etc to
> file names on Macs?
>
> I have to keep thousands of graphics files and keeping them tidy is a bit of
> a pain!
>
> Lastly - does anyone know of any software for automatically generating
> postscripts from quark documents without having to manually open each file
> and choose the correct print settings?

AppleScript is the answer in both cases. The Finder, Quark, Photoshop and
many other Mac applications support A-S.

You've already got the software on your Mac (in the Apple extras folder -
MacOS 9 or in the Applications folder - Oh Es Ten). You've got tons of
applescript code on your mac already which you use as a basis for your own
scripting.

Also see http://www.apple.com/applescript. Plus numerous third party
sites...

Dave E.


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