Pasting Files From Clipbaord

I am trying to paste theFile into a "Spark," an email application. The first two files that I explicitly name work, but theFile does not. What happens is a strange txt file is pasted that says something to the effect of

Code: Select all: dle2obj formenumindxwanttypepsxfseldalis»»Macintosh HDBDˇˇˇˇLoad_Confirmation_#FFFFFFFF.pdfˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ cu DocumentsG/:Users:?????:Documents:Load_Confirmation_20181513_20180213123717.pdf\-Load_Confirmation_20181513_20180213123717.pdfMacintosh HDEUsers/typkrft/Documents/Load_Confirmation_20181513_20180213123717.pdf/ˇˇfromnull

The frustrating thing is that I had this working only a couple weeks ago, but my computer died and I am trying to recreate the script, I can't remember my previous solution. I've replaced potentially sensitive information with ????. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Code: Select all: set originalClipBoard to the clipboard tell application "Spark" to activate tell application "System Events" keystroke "n" using {command down} delay 0.5 keystroke "v" using {command down} delay 1 keystroke tab keystroke "Please Sign and Return" keystroke tab end tell delay 0.25 tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to (POSIX file "/Users/?????/Documents/Work/Setup Paperwork/????.pdf") tell application "System Events" keystroke "v" using {command down} end tell delay 0.25 tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to (POSIX file "/Users/?????/Documents/Work/Setup Paperwork/????.pdf") tell application "System Events" keystroke "v" using {command down} end tell delay 0.25 tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to (POSIX file theFile) tell application "System Events" keystroke "v" using {command down} end tell delay 0.25

Note that theFile is an alias. You'll need to coerce that into the type of data Spark expects in this case. Probably use POSIX path or some variation of that if its the path you want.

Mr_Noodle wrote:Note that theFile is an alias. You'll need to coerce that into the type of data Spark expects in this case. Probably use POSIX path or some variation of that if its the path you want.

I had thought that was what I was doing with

Code: Select all: tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to (POSIX file theFile)

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But I have also tried

Code: Select all: set thePath to POSIX path of theFile

then

Code: Select all: tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to (POSIX file thePath)

.

Are the results any different between those? How about doing:

POSIX file POSIX path of theFile

That would seem to more closely resemble what you did with the hardcoded paths.

Mr_Noodle wrote:Are the results any different between those?

Interestingly enough it attaches an attachment, but the size of the attachment is different and predictable. One is smaller, and the text in the attachment is a slightly truncated version of the message I posted originally.

Mr_Noodle wrote:How about doing:

POSIX file POSIX path of theFile

That would seem to more closely resemble what you did with the hardcoded paths.

It throws an error.

I believe this is the relevant error of log.

Code: Select all: 2018-04-12 11:13:39.529 HazelHelper[408] DEBUG: Checking events for path /Users/????/Documents, folder Documents path = "/Users/????/Documents/Work/Setup Paperwork/BCA.pdf"; ) for stream at path: /Users/????/Documents path = "/Users/????/Documents/Work/Setup Paperwork/Setup Packet.pdf"; ) for stream at path: /Users/????/Documents NSLocalizedDescription = "Finder got an error: Can\U2019t get POSIX path."; NSLocalizedFailureReason = "Can\U2019t get POSIX path."; OSAScriptErrorBriefMessageKey = "Can\U2019t get POSIX path."; OSAScriptErrorMessageKey = "Finder got an error: Can\U2019t get POSIX path.";

I feel like "set thePath to POSIX path of theFile" should work since that resembles the examples I see online. Is that the one that comes up with the attachment? It may be worth looking into why its truncated.

Also, is there a way you can do this without the clipboard? Maybe Spark has AppleScript support?

Mr_Noodle wrote:I feel like "set thePath to POSIX path of theFile" should work since that resembles the examples I see online. Is that the one that comes up with the attachment? It may be worth looking into why its truncated.

Also, is there a way you can do this without the clipboard? Maybe Spark has AppleScript support?

I desperately wish there was a way, but no Readaddle or whoever makes Spark has completely ignored Applescript in all of their almost perfect programs. I've gotten around it by just pasting the two files having spark open finder to the file and then having applescript CMD+C and CMD+V back in spark, it works just fine, but it's not the most satisfying solution haha. I was able to replicate the same problem in Script Editor, just by naming a variable called theFile to a path then setting the clipboard to it and then trying to paste it in Spark, it is unable to paste anywhere else.

Not sure of what's going on here exactly but maybe the Finder solution is the way to go here.