[OSX-Users] Re: automation of tasks

[Jules Field]

On 01/12/2010 15:27, Luc Moreau wrote:
>
> I am trying to solve the following problem.
>
> citrin (an interactive stats package on mac) stores graphs in its 
> proprietary format .cwi.
> citrin has got an export to pdf menu. I would like to automate the 
> conversion of every
> new version of a .cwi file to pdf in some folders.
>
> citrin does not have its own scripting language. command line calls don't
> seem to work either. It seems purely interactive. Is there a way to 
> solve this problem?
>
> I tried Automator but without much success. Workflow replay seems to lead
> to failures.
>
> 1. Is Automator the right way?
Should be, yes.
> 2. Can I regenerate pdf files, whenever a new cwi file/new version is 
> saved?
You can create "Folder Actions" that are executed whenever a new file is 
created in the folder. This can be tied to an AppleScript or Automator 
program, so it automatically converts the file when saved into the folder.
> 3. Alternatively, can this be done manually?
> 4. Do you have examples?
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Luc
>

Jules

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