fullPath(forApplication appName: String) is depricated

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#1

I’m using a deprecated command ’ fullPath(forApplication appName: [String]’ and am trying to properly use the current version

Deprecated
Use urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier:) instead.

current code:

set theWorkspace to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()
set thePath to (theWorkspace's fullPathForApplication:applicationName)

Non-functional updated code:

set theWorkspace to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()
set thePath to (theWorkspace's urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier:applicationName))

--><Application_Bundle_ID>*** -[BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID withBundleIdentifier]: unrecognized selector sent to object <BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID @0x600002974260: OSAID(4) ComponentInstance(0x810015)>
#2

Hi Paul.

use AppleScript version "2.4" -- OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later
use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

set theWorkspace to current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()
set theURL to theWorkspace's URLForApplicationWithBundleIdentifier:"com.apple.Finder"
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#3

Thanks Nigel! I’m still unclear on how to read the docs and determine the proper structure for my calls. This is certainly not what I assumed given the docs. Hopefully It’ll click for me.

My more immediate frustration is why fullPathForApplication which took an application name was supplanted with urlForApplication which takes a Bundle Identifier. The code I’m updating returns a bundle ID given an application name. I don’t see any current methods in NSWorkspace that return an app url given an application name.

My code is based on this post by peavine.

#4

In addition to Nigel suggestions:

I wonder if you realize that you’re using Swift documentation, not Objective-C?

You then attempt to use methods in their Swift syntax in AppleScript, which naturally will not work and will only cause errors.

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#5

Thank you for the heads up! I’ve toggled languages. Surely that will prove less frustrating!