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Applescript to grab a GIF file location, copy it to the clipboard, and pasting it

I"m trying to write an apple script to locate,copy and paste an image file.

The following code works for jpegs and pngs:

set thePath to "file_location"

set the clipboard to (read thePath as «class PNGf») # [1]

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down

When I change it to a GIF format, it doesn't work:

set thePath to "file_location"

set the clipboard to (read thePath as GIF picture) # [1]

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down

Instead, it grabs the first frame of the GIF, instead of the entire file.

Does anyone know what's wrong here?

Solution

  • This works for me on the latest version of mac OS High Sierra.

    set thePath to "/Library/Desktop Pictures/Abstract.jpg"

-- set the clipboard to a file (this only works with a single file or folder)
set the clipboard to POSIX file thePath

delay 1

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "v" using command down