How to display a progress bar in an AppleScript Xcode application.

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

I’ve been using the built-in Applescript progress bar script as outlined here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/MacAutomationScriptingGuide/DisplayProgress.html

and it works great unless I try to use it in an Xcode AppleScript app. Do I need to add a permission or library or something to get it to work in Xcode?

#2

To clarify, this script works great as an app made from Script Editor, but it doesn’t work if you add the code to an Xcode Applescript application:

set theImages to 5

-- Update the initial progress information
set theImageCount to 5
set progress total steps to theImageCount
set progress completed steps to 0
set progress description to "Processing Items..."
set progress additional description to "Preparing to process."

repeat with a from 1 to theImageCount
	-- Update the progress detail
	set progress additional description to "Processing item " & a & " of " & theImageCount
	
	-- Increment the progress
	set progress completed steps to a
	
	-- Pause for demonstration purposes, so progress can be seen
	delay 1
end repeat

-- Reset the progress information
set progress total steps to 0
set progress completed steps to 0
set progress description to ""
set progress additional description to ""
#3

You have to build your own dialog in an Xcode project.

#4

Interesting! Is there another option to be able to do a communicate progress via some sort of AppleScript dialog that a newb like me would be able to handle? :slight_smile: