Double "Get Selected Finder Items" Problem

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#1

I am having an issue with the “Get Selected Finder Items” action. I made a post on this earlier but I have since narrowed down the problem significantly so I thought I would just delete that and make this new topic.

I was having an issue with some of my workflows performing actions twice and I didn’t know why. This seems to be the root of the problem.

I have the following simple workflow:

  1. Get selected finder items
  2. Run Applescript:
on run {input, parameters}
	
	display dialog input as text
	
	return input
end run

This just displays what I have selected in a popup. The bizzare thing is that when I run this script from Automator, it works correctly and one item is displayed:

Macintosh HD:Users:(home):desktop:test.avi

However, when I save this as a finder plugin and run it from right clicking on the item, I get:
/Users/(home)/Downloads/test.aviMacintosh HD:Users:(home):Downloads:test.avi

The consequence of this is that when I make an automator plugin that uses “Get selected finder items” it runs itself twice, but only when saved as a plugin and run from the right click menu, and I don’t have any idea why or how to fix it.

Thank you!

#2

Ah, I fixed this by changing “Get selected finder items” to “Get specified finder items”.

#3

I’m having the same problem with a rename thing I’m trying to make - though can’t solve it by in the same way as you Mikooster. In my case automator is carrying out rename actions more than once.

I’ve posted about it here http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=99379

If any one has any ideas, I’d be really grateful to hear them!

Thanks

P