trying to create a simple plist file but when i pass the userName to the file_path it tells me it does not expect identifier. please help. thks
tell application “System Events”
set userName to name of current user as string
end tell
set startup_path to path to startup disk as string
set file_path to startup_path & “Users:” userName":Library:Preferences:" & “myapp.plist”
set the_file to (open for access file file_path with write permission)
set eof of the_file to 0
Hello merdrum21,
This is just a guess, but have you tried enclosing your “Tell” statement in a “Try” statement? This may work.
Sincerely,
Variable as the shade
Instead of
set file_path to startup_path & "Users:" userName":Library:Preferences:" & "myapp.plist"
try
set file_path to startup_path & "Users:" & userName & ":Library:Preferences:myapp.plist"
By the way, there’s no reason to invoke System Events; the “path to” command is part of Standard Additions, so
set file_path to path to preferences folder as string
set target_file to file_path & "myapp.plist"
gets you the path to your prefs file.
Apple has made this very easy by including the “defaults” command line tool:
So for your own preferences, just use:
Jon
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I have used this script, and it works great.
however, I have attached the script to a button which writes a value to “the_value”, but i would like to read “the_value” on a subsequent button press, and pass it to an “if” statement.
does that make sense??
please help.
i solved it, using this script:
set theOutputFolder to path to preferences folder as Unicode text
set thePListPath to POSIX path of (theOutputFolder & "SafariSafe.plist")
tell application "System Events"
tell property list file thePListPath
tell contents
set u to the value of property list item "safe"
end tell
end tell
end tell
if u is "0" then
set v to display dialog "you have already made safari safe" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
if the button returned of v is "OK" then error number -128
end if
from this webpage:
http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.22/22.03/StoringandAccessingData/index.html