script to Open PageMaker 6.5 documents

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<f6022cd0-87ae-4d64-aebb-d4760bab41e4 DeleteThis @t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
jjchristiansen DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:

> I am trying to retire an old G4 running OS9.2 and PageMaker 6.5.
> There a number of files on teh computer that need to be saved as
> pdfs. I have managed to compile a script that will open all the files
> in a folder, print the PageMaker files as .ps., and close all the
> documents. There are two problems, one, too many files to open at one
> time, and there are some files in the folders that do not have an
> application on the Mac to open them, so the script times out. I would
> like to just select the files to open to only PageMaker 6.5
> documents. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Something along the lines of:
>
> set files_print to every file in "Folder" whose application is "Adobe
> PageMaker 6.5"

I believe this is something along the lines of what you are thinking:

--begin script
tell application "Finder"
set files_print to every file of folder (POSIX file
"/Users/jr/Desktop/Some Folder") whose creator type is "AD65"
end tell

repeat with next_file in pm_files
tell application "Adobe PageMaker 6.5"
open next_file
end tell
end repeat
-- end script

Basically, you're telling the Finder to include only files created by
PageMaker 6.5 in the list. Then you just tell PageMaker to open each
file.

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In article <michelle-1192C1.19122321072008 DeleteThis @news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle DeleteThis @michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-762730.17424221072008 DeleteThis @news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger DeleteThis @pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > tell application "Finder"
> > set files_print to every file of folder (POSIX file
> > "/Users/jr/Desktop/Some Folder") whose creator type is "AD65"
>
> I didn't know the creator type or file extension of PageMaker files, so
> I used the try block to get around the problem.

Oh I wasn't implying your solution wasn't good enough. I just wanted to
show him that he wasn't all that far from getting his own code working
the way he wanted. ; )

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Jolly Roger <jollyroger.TakeThisOut@pobox.com> wrote:

> --begin script
> tell application "Finder"
> set files_print to every file of folder (POSIX file
> "/Users/jr/Desktop/Some Folder") whose creator type is "AD65"
> end tell
>
> repeat with next_file in pm_files
> tell application "Adobe PageMaker 6.5"
> open next_file
> end tell
> end repeat
> -- end script

Typo correction:

--begin script
tell application "Finder"
set pm_files to every file of folder (POSIX file
"/Users/jr/Desktop/Some Folder") whose creator type is "AD65"
end tell

repeat with next_file in pm_files
tell application "Adobe PageMaker 6.5"
open next_file
end tell
end repeat
-- end script

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In article <michelle-2F6357.00361322072008.TakeThisOut@news.east.cox.net>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle.TakeThisOut@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <jollyroger-F1B446.23273721072008.TakeThisOut@news.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger.TakeThisOut@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh I wasn't implying your solution wasn't good enough.
>
> I didn't think you were; in fact, I didn't know whether you had read
> mine when you wrote yours. I was merely explaining the reason I took
> the route that I did, just in case someone was curious.

Coolio. : )

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On Jul 22, 8:30 am, Jolly Roger <jollyro....RemoveThis@pobox.com> wrote:
> In article <michelle-2F6357.00361322072....RemoveThis@news.east.cox.net>,
>  Michelle Steiner <miche....RemoveThis@michelle.org> wrote:
>
> > In article <jollyroger-F1B446.23273721072....RemoveThis@news.individual.net>,
> >  Jolly Roger <jollyro....RemoveThis@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > > Oh I wasn't implying your solution wasn't good enough.
>
> > I didn't think you were; in fact, I didn't know whether you had read
> > mine when you wrote yours.  I was merely explaining the reason I took
> > the route that I did, just in case someone was curious.
>
> Coolio.  : )
>
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> JR

Thanks guys. I was able to get to work by adding the creator type is
"AD65". I was certain I had tried that, But I might have used file
type is "AD65." I had been trying to find what the code for PageMaker
was and I am sure it was written down somewhere at one time, but I had
started attempting other codes.
Now I will work on the Distiller script to process the ps files.

Jared