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Help for Those Who Are Having Trouble
I think this is a terrific hint, but I had some trouble getting it to work. Here is a revised set of instructions, based on my experiences:
Now the Print dialog of all OS X applications should be able to make a Palm PDB by using the PDF workflow button.
Help for Those Who Are Having Trouble
Brilliant! Fantastic! Terrific! Outstanding!
Can't Save Script?
Thank you for the very detailed hint. When I paste the script into the script editor and attempt to save as an applet, I get an error message. It states that the script can not be compiled, so it can only be saved as a text file...
Re: Can't Save Script?
You'll need to click on "Check Syntax" in Script Editor before it will allow you to save the script as anything but a text file. Also, there does appear to be a mistake in my script. The following line: do shell script "txt2pdbdoc "" & newName & "" /tmp/" & quoted form of the POSIX path of (newName & ".txt") & ¬
should be: do shell script "txt2pdbdoc \"" & newName & "\" /tmp/" & quoted form of the POSIX path of (newName & ".txt") & ¬
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Further Correction
It seems I'm having trouble getting that line to display correctly (although it looks just fine when I preview it). I guess I'll just have to try it another way. This line: do shell script "txt2pdbdoc ¶"" & newName & "¶" /tmp/" & quoted form of the POSIX path of (newName & ".txt") & ¬
is the correct line, only change the paragraph marks (¶) to backslashes (\).
Getting closer
Thank you for the hint. I got the script saved as an executable. When I print, the script stops abruptly and says, "Can't make "txt2pbddoc" into a real" (and the word "real" is in blue).
This one works fine!!
A great Thank You to all working on this nice script!
The Script as it Should Have Been
I’ve had some trouble getting the script to show up correctly. Specifically, the backslashes haven't been showing up. I think I know how to fix that, so here is one more attempt to display the “txt2pdbdoc” line: do shell script "txt2pdbdoc \"" & newName & "\" /tmp/" & quoted form of the POSIX path of (newName & ".txt") & ¬
The following may also work, as suggested by Mr_BigMac: do shell script "txt2pdbdoc '" & newName & "' /tmp/" & quoted form of the POSIX path of (newName & ".txt") & ¬
It works!
At last. It works. Thank you 100X for your help!! |
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