Change Folder Image

[DoogieWall]

Good morning:

I'm trying to create a hazel rule/action that will monitor a folder and then change the folder image for any subfolder created within the main folder. The folder structure is as follows: Top Folder/Year/Month/Day.

The rule fires but the apple script fails. The apple script works when ran through the Script Editor on my Mac. I think the issue is setting the destination path in the script. Below is the script that I am using. The inputAttibutes is Path Name. I have also tried using the "theFile" keyword but neither work.

framework "Foundation"
framework "AppKit"
scripting additions

set sourcePath to "/Users/UserName/Dropbox/CLLC/Icons/yosemiteicns/yose06a.icns"
set destPath to item 1 of inputAttibutes
set imageData to (current application's NSImage's alloc()'s initWithContentsOfFile:sourcePath)
(current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()'s setIcon:imageData forFile:destPath options:2)

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks for reading my post.

[Mr_Noodle]

Is this an embedded script? If so, I'm not sure if you can specify frameworks/scripting additions. Embedded scripts are actually within a handler where that may not be allowed.

Try doing an external script and see if that fares any better.

[DoogieWall]

Thank you for your suggestion. I created the following stand along apple script. Modified the hazel action to use the external script. When it runs I get the error below the code block.

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use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

on hazelProcessFile(theFile, inputAttributes)
   sourcePath to "/Users/DouglasWall/Dropbox/CLLC/Icons/yosemiteicns/yose06a.icns"
   set destPath to theFile
   set imageData to (current application's NSImage's alloc()'s initWithContentsOfFile:sourcePath)
   (current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()'s setIcon:imageData forFile:destPath options:2)
end hazelProcessFile


Error Log entry:

2023-04-17 16:06:05.575 hazelworker[7730] 2016: Rule Change Icon matched.
2023-04-17 16:06:05.576 hazelworker[7730] [Error] AppleScript failed: Error executing AppleScript on file /Users/douglaswall/Dropbox/CLLC/Citizens/2016.
2023-04-17 16:06:05.576 hazelworker[7730] OSAScript error: {
NSLocalizedDescription = "*** -[BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID sourcePath]: unrecognized selector sent to object <BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID @0x60000132ee00: OSAID(13) ComponentInstance(0x810001)>";
NSLocalizedFailureReason = "*** -[BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID sourcePath]: unrecognized selector sent to object <BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID @0x60000132ee00: OSAID(13) ComponentInstance(0x810001)>";
OSAScriptErrorAppAddressKey = "<NSAppleEventDescriptor: [0x0,2 \"hazelworker\"]>";
OSAScriptErrorAppNameKey = hazelworker;
OSAScriptErrorBriefMessageKey = "*** -[BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID sourcePath]: unrecognized selector sent to object <BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID @0x60000132ee00: OSAID(13) ComponentInstance(0x810001)>";
OSAScriptErrorMessageKey = "*** -[BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID sourcePath]: unrecognized selector sent to object <BAGenericObjectNoDeleteOSAID @0x60000132ee00: OSAID(13) ComponentInstance(0x810001)>";
OSAScriptErrorNumberKey = "-10000";
OSAScriptErrorRangeKey = "NSRange: {0, 0}";

Any other suggestions? Did I do correctly what you had originally suggested?

[Mr_Noodle]

You'll have to debug the script yourself but keep in mind that "theFile" is an alias, not a path, so you may need to convert it.

[DoogieWall]

Thanks for all your help. I got my applescript sorted out and it is listed below and works like a lucky charm for anyone else wanting hazel's help to change folder images:

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use framework "Foundation"
use framework "AppKit"
use scripting additions

on hazelProcessFile(theFile, inputAttributes)
   set sourcePath to "/Users/DouglasWall/Dropbox/CLLC/Icons/yosemiteicns/yose06a.icns"
   set destPath to POSIX path of theFile
   set imageData to (current application's NSImage's alloc()'s initWithContentsOfFile:sourcePath)
   (current application's NSWorkspace's sharedWorkspace()'s setIcon:imageData forFile:destPath options:2)
end hazelProcessFile