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ScriptingBridge Finder POSIX path

is it possible to get the POSIX path or target to the frontmost window using the Scripting Bridge framework?

I'm using

FinderApplication *theFinder = [SBApplication aplicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.Finder";

but I can't find anything in "Finder.h" that could work.

Solution

  • This might be what you are after using ScriptingBridge and NSURL

    FinderApplication *finder = [SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.finder"];

SBElementArray *windows =  [finder windows ]; // array of finder windows
NSArray *targetArray = [windows arrayByApplyingSelector:@selector(target)];// array of targets of the windows

//gets the first object from the targetArray,gets its URL, and converts it to a posix path
NSString * newURLString =   [[NSURL URLWithString: (id) [[targetArray   objectAtIndex:0]URL]] path];

NSLog(@"newURLString   %@  ", newURLString);