Open script in ESTK by using a script.

Question

I am trying to make a command to open a chosen .jsx file inside the ESTK. I was trying to make an applescript string to be written and immediately executed with file.execute() (.scpt extension), but my file.execute() just opens the string up in an applescript editor, which I can compile and run from the editor and the script does work (sort of*). *meaning, it pops up the trust dialog if there's a #target illustrator in the document.

Anyways, I was looking to do the exact same thing as a Windows counterpart which I've already tested, where a .vbs file constructed thus, would work exactly as desired, opening up a .jsx file in the ESTK by doing a shell script object command in the .vbs.

Silly-V · Answer

I was able to create the next-best-thing , which is a bundled .app applescript file, saved from an applescript editor, which I put to live in the application scripts folder. The .app file is like .jsx or .vbs files because it will work when double-clicked, or performed file.execute() on. That file is set up to run a .scpt file of a constant name, which I write into the same folder, so by changing the contents of my .scpt file, this more awkward system is a bit more helpful on the Mac. The problems are that the warning yes/no dialog box pops up for files with "#target" in them, and that scripts sitting inside the Adobe Scripts folder do not even open. This is the applescript example:

do shell script "open -a \"ExtendScript Toolkit\" \"/Users/me/myFile.jsx\""

There's probably a much better way to do this, is there?

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