Get parent folder of file(s) (using container)

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

I’m trying to bring this little script into ApplescriptObjC

At the moment I get an error that I can only assume is to do with the alias? But i’m not sure how to correct this.

set resultFiles to (choose file with prompt "Please select images:" with multiple selections allowed without invisible) -- list of aliases
set firstFile to first item in resultFiles's contents
log firstFile

tell application "Finder" to set fileLocation to container of firstFile

set resultFilesFolder to (fileLocation as string)
#2

Hi mcquiff,

This works:

set resultFiles to (choose file with prompt "Please select images:" with multiple selections allowed without invisible) -- list of aliases
set firstFile to (item 1 in resultFiles) as string
tell application "Finder" to set pathFolderParent to (folder of item firstFile) as string

Stefano - Ame

#3

Hi,

the AppleScriptObjC equivalent is


set openPanel to current application's NSOpenPanel's openPanel()
openPanel's setMessage:"Please select images:"
openPanel's setShowsHiddenFiles:false
openPanel's setAllowsMultipleSelection:true
set returnCode to openPanel's runModal() as integer

if returnCode = (current application's NSFileHandlingPanelOKButton) as integer then
	set firstFile to openPanel's URLs()'s firstObject()'s |path|()
	set resultFilesFolder to firstFile's stringByDeletingLastPathComponent() as text
end if

but there is one important difference:
the result in AppleScript is an HFS path
the result in AppleScriptObjC is a POSIX path

#4

Hmmm still struggling,

I’m selecting a list of files. these all come from the same folder. then I am trying to extract the parent folder path, so that I can display it in a text box. Purely to indicate that files have been selected.

I’m following Ben Waldie’s tutorial here http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1959674&seqNum=3.

With the script above, there are no errors but still nothing showing in the text box.

#5

The AppleScriptObjC code works. I’ve tested it. The variable resultFilesFolder contains the POSIX path to the parent folder of the first selected file.

#6

I’ve got it working, I was using the same code but I needed it to be case sensitive

on loadedFiles_(sender)
        set resultFiles to (choose file with prompt "Please select images:" without invisible with multiple selections allowed) -- list of aliases
        set firstFile to first item in resultFiles's contents
        tell application "Finder" to set fileLocation to container of firstFile
        setResultFilesFolder_(fileLocation as string)

    end loadedFiles_

Not sure why your code did’t work, I may not have bound it correctly.