I have tried this but it doesn't work:
tell application "Preview"
set myfile to path of document 1 of window 1
end tell
I have verified that my Preview is scriptable (NSAppleScriptEnabled).
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I did a little research and found this
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Preview"
set thefile to value of attribute "AXDocument" of window 1
end tell
end tell
-- macos comes with php installed you can decode this file name using php
return do shell script "php -r 'echo urldecode(\"" & thefile & "\");'"
which i found on macscripter
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mb21
unfortunately, this gives
thefile urlencoded an AppleScript has no native urldecode function.
mcgrailm
I up'd that too soon see my modification to the answer
mcgrailm
@mb21 see comment and revision :)
ssc
The script does work here (4 years after the question was asked, on 10.8), but
urldecode(...) doesn't seem to do anything, thefile is file://localhost/path/to/file.ext before and after - where it should be /path/to/file.ext so it can be interpreted as a POSIX path.
tig
Instead of schell script getting the path can be done by adding
use framework "Foundation" and return (current application's NSURL's URLWithString:thefile)'s relativePath as textOn my 10.6 system Preview doesn't have an Applescript dictionary. This is something that scriptable applications need. While Preview SAYS it can do Applescript, it really can't.
It has no way to translate the "path of document 1 of window 1" into anything meaningful.
Usually people use GUI Scripting to interact with Preview, or they find another way.
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Simplest way is:
tell application "Preview" to return path of front document
Or, to fit your example:
tell application "Preview" to set myfile to path of front document
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To get the path to the current document accurately even if Preview is in full screen mode, use:
tell application "Preview" to return path of document of front window
