osx - AppleScript shows "Document could not be opened. You don’t have permission." but file can be opened?
2014-07
I am getting a "The document [filename] could not be opened. You don't have permission" when attempting to access several files in an AppleScript. However, I can open these files manually without issue.
I have attempted the following:
- Manually modified permission via
File->Get Info
- Used Disk Utility to "Verify" and "Repair Permissions"
- Rebooted in recovery mode to reset home directory permissions and acls
I continue to have the problem.
To add further frustration, the files do not consistently report the error. Sometimes I will get the error on a file when the run the script, but not the next time!
Why might I be receiving this permissions error, and how else might I address it?
AppleScript below, if it helps:
-- prompt for source directory
set srcDirectory to (choose folder)
-- get list of all files in source directory
set allFiles to (list folder srcDirectory without invisibles)
tell application "OmniGraffle"
-- create a new document
set newDocument to (make new document with properties {template:"Single Pixel Grid"})
-- added for debug purposes
delay 5
-- get a reference to the first layer
set destinationLayer to first layer in first canvas of newDocument
-- step through each of the file
repeat with currentFile in allFiles
-- get a reference to the next file
set srcFileString to (srcDirectory as string) & currentFile
set srcFileRef to (open srcFileString)
-- get a reference to the icon
set srcGraphic to first graphic in first layer in first canvas of srcFileRef
-- flip the icon (they're all upside down)
flip srcGraphic over vertically
-- copy the updated source to destination canvas
duplicate srcGraphic to destinationLayer
-- close the source file
close srcFileRef saving no
-- added for debug purposes
delay 5
end repeat
end tell
I'm trying to get QuickTime Player 7 on Mac OS X 10.6.4 to save its export settings so I can batch convert some MKV movies to M4V (MPEG-4).
I've already exported a movie using the settings I want. The settings I want to save are for an export of a "Movie to MPEG-4".
When I run this AppleScript to save the settings:
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
activate
tell document 1
save export settings for QuickTime movie to file "Macintosh HD:Test.set"
end tell
end tell
I get this error: "QuickTime Player 7 got an error: An error of type -2107 has occurred."
I can not find any reference to this error type on the net.
From what I can tell, using AppleScript is the only way to instruct QuickTime 7 to save its export settings.
Is there an easier way of doing this? Is there something wrong with my AppleScript?
From my answer on Stack Overflow
Yes, you do have to use AppleScript in order to export the settings file.
I don't personally get the error -2107 running your script, but it doesn't save the file for me.
Try:
set file2save to (choose file name default location (path to desktop) default name "setting.qtes")
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
tell first document
save export settings for QuickTime movie to file2save
end tell
end tell
While you can export the document using that settings file:
tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
#Change this path to wherever the .qtes file is
set settings_file to "Macintosh HD:setting.qtes"
set movie2save to (choose file name default location (path to desktop) default name "QuickTime.mov")
export document 1 to movie2save as QuickTime movie using settings alias settings_file
end tell