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- -- 1.02 - Check to make sure we are operating under MacOS 8.0 or above
- set vrs to version of application "Finder"
- if (vrs does not start with "8.1") and (vrs does not start with "8.0") then
- display dialog ¬
- "This script requires system 8.0 or higher." buttons {"OK"} default button {"OK"}
- return
- end if
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- -- 1.02 - Check to make sure Portfolio is running
- tell application "Finder"
- set P_app to every process whose name contains "Portfolio"
- if P_app is {} then
- display dialog ¬
- "Portfolio must be running for this script to operate." buttons {"OK"} default button {"OK"}
- return
- end if
- end tell
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- tell application "Portfolio"
- -- Go to Portfolio and find out how many items are selected in the current gallery.
- set theCount to count every record of selection of front gallery
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- -- If no items are selected, we need to ask the user to select something and then quit.
- if theCount = 0 then
- display dialog ¬
- "Please select one or more items in the gallery and rerun the command." buttons {"OK"} default button {"OK"}
- return
- end if
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- --Get the path of the first record in the selection
- set pth to path of first record of the selection of front gallery
- end tell
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- -- 1.01 - Parse Portfolio's path if it is up on a server to strip the server name.
- if pth starts with "::" then
- set the text item delimiters to {":"}
- set argCnt to (the count of text items in pth)
- set pth to (text items 4 through argCnt in (pth)) as string
- end if
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- -- Determine whether the original file exists. If it does not, display an error and quit.
- tell application "Finder"
- if not (exists file pth) then
- display dialog "Could not find the original file. Try updating the Portfolio record." buttons {"OK"}
- return
- end if
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- -- 1.01: Get the file type to determine whether it is acceptable
- -- We'll accept jpeg, gif, and pict.
- set fType to file type of file pth
- if {"JPEG", "GIFf", "PICT"} does not contain fType then
- display dialog "This file type will not work with Desktop Pictures. You must use a PICT, JPEG, or GIF." buttons {"OK"}
- return
- end if
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- end tell
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- -- Find out how the user wants the image displayed. Desktop Pictures actually allows for 5 settings,
- -- but only three buttons are allowed in the standard dialog.
- set theResult to display dialog "Choose how to display this image:" buttons {"Tiled", "Centered", "Scaled"} default button {"Centered"}
- set chooseButton to the button returned of theResult
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- -- Use Desktop Pictures control panel to set the picture, based on the display choice.
- tell application "Desktop Pictures"
- if chooseButton = "Tiled" then
- set desktop picture to (pth as alias) positioning tiled
- else if chooseButton = "Centered" then
- set desktop picture to (pth as alias) positioning centered
- else if chooseButton = "Scaled" then
- set desktop picture to (pth as alias) positioning scaled
- else if chooseButton = "Filling Screen" then
- set desktop picture to (pth as alias) positioning filling screen
- end if
- quit
- end tell
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