can i add a sound to js-script [CS6-js/applecsript]?

[Beliakov]

Now i approached to squeezze out a sound from Mac by using 3rd part app:

tell application "Play Sound"

          play "Mac:Users:me:Sounds:copied.wav"

end tell

Can i attach this scpt to my js-script in any way?

Thanks in advance.

[MrTIFF]

The key is to put your appleScript into a string, and call the app.doScript() function.

Here's an example, by Kasyan Servetsky:

// Written by Kasyan Servetsky

var myDisk = GetStartUpDisk();

alert("The name of my start up disk is \"" + myDisk + "\"");

function GetStartUpDisk() {

    if (File.fs == "Macintosh") {

        var myScript = 'tell application \"Finder\"\r'

        myScript += 'set myStartUpDisk to get name of startup disk\r';

        myScript += 'end tell\r';

        myScript += 'tell application \"Adobe InDesign CS' + ((parseInt(app.version.substr(0, 1)) - 2) + "") + '\"\r';

        myScript += 'tell script args\r';

        myScript += 'set value name \"myScriptArgument\" value myStartUpDisk\r';

        myScript += 'end tell\r';

        myScript += 'end tell\r';

        app.doScript(myScript, ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage);

        var myStartUpDisk = app.scriptArgs.getValue("myScriptArgument");

    }

    else if (File.fs == "Windows")  {

        var myStartUpDisk = String(Folder.system).charAt(1);

    }

    return myStartUpDisk;

}

[Beliakov]

i did this way:

function mSound() {

var myAppleScript = ("/Users/me/my misc/myscripting/mSound.applescript");

app.doScript(myAppleScript, ScriptLanguage.applescriptLanguage);

}

It works. Great!

[-hans-]

Hi ,

MacOsx BuiltIn-Player is 'afPlay'. So there is no need for thirdPartApp

do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of POSIX path of ("Here:a:macpath!")

Nice Day

[Beliakov]

OK. But so far my Mac didn't found his afPlayer (( OK. So i shall use third-part app.

[PrntScr]

@-hans-:

Is your example a working applescript line or a javascript line? "do shell script"

[-hans-]

Hi @all,

afPlay should be located at 'usr/bin/'

But there's no need to know this because this applescript line runs it:

do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of POSIX path of ("Here:a:macpath:to:a:soundfile!!!")

Here the link to its extensiv 😉 manPage: http://www.manpagez.com/man/1/afplay/

[Beliakov]

-hans-,

command

do shell script "afplay " & "Mac:Users:d.belyakov:Dropbox:Beliakov:Sounds:printed2.wav"

tells "Applescript error: AudioFileOpen failed (-43)"

PrntScr,

if launched from Javascript line: word "script" is highlighted and status info - "Expected: while". So no progress in both directions ))

[-hans-]

The shell can only handle posix path (unix path)

do shell script "afplay " & quoted form of POSIX path of ("Here:a:macpath:to:a:soundfile!!!")

[Beliakov]

Yes, if written correctly - afplay does work!

Thanks ))