macOS AppleScript Question

[Wallace25]

I have an applescript that I can't get to work. I am openening a file with a name of "TestScript", then adding text to it. That part works fine, but then I try to have script editor save it, and it saves as untitled.

Any ideas?

Here is the script

set fileLocation to choose folder
set x to "testText"

tell application "Script Editor"

set newDoc to make new document with properties {name:"TestScript"}


set text of newDoc to x
compile newDoc
save newDoc in fileLocation

 

[xUKHCx]

bit of a nasty way of doing it, but this seems to work.

Sure there is probably a better way of doing it.


set fileLocation to choose folder
set x to "testText"
set y to "TestScript"
tell application "Script Editor"

set newDoc to make new document with properties {name:y}


set text of newDoc to x
compile newDoc
save newDoc in fileLocation
tell application "Finder"
set sav to fileLocation & "Untitled.scpt" as string as alias
set name of sav to y & ".scpt" as string
end tell
end tell

 

[lancestraz]

Use this.

set fileLocation to (((choose folder) as string) & "testScript")
set x to "testText"

tell application "Script Editor"
	set newDoc to make new document with properties {name:"TestScript"}
	set text of newDoc to x
	compile newDoc
	save newDoc in fileLocation
end tell

You can change the text "testScript" in the first line to whatever you want to save it as.

 

[Wallace25]

Use this.

set fileLocation to (((choose folder) as string) & "testScript")
set x to "testText"

tell application "Script Editor"
	set newDoc to make new document with properties {name:"TestScript"}
	set text of newDoc to x
	compile newDoc
	save newDoc in fileLocation
end tell

You can change the text "testScript" in the first line to whatever you want to save it as.

Thanks works great.