JMichaelTX

JXA Resources

Revised: 2019-11-28 16:16 GMT-6

This is a list of the key resources I have found useful. If you know of others, please post in a comment below, and I will add to this list.

I have tried to order this list in the order that, to me, is best for learning JXA from scratch. We all learn a bit diferently, so adjust to suit your style/needs. Please post if you have suggestions on learning JXA.

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JXA Alert Function
See code below.

JMichaelTX JXA Gists
Because there is so little JavaScript for Automation (JXA) code that is published, I plan to publish as much as I can that will hopefully be of help to others learning JXA.

Much of what I publish will be based on the work of others, and I always try to cite those references in the code header. If I have failed to properly credit your code, please post a comment, and I will correct my Gist.

Your JXA Code
If you have example code you'd like to share, please post a link to your code. After having searched and evaluated various options for posting/sharing code, i have concluded that Github Gists is the best.

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#      setKMVar()      Sets KM Variable, Makes if needed
#
#      Ver 2.0        2015-12-27
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on setKMVar(pKMVarName, pKMVarValue)
  
  --log ("setKMVar: " & pKMVarName & ": " & pKMVarValue)
  
  tell application "Keyboard Maestro Engine"

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property gstrScriptName : "Create Hyperlink with Custom Protocol from Selected Text"
property gstrScriptVer : "1.0.1"
property gstrScriptDate : "Mon, Nov 16, 2015"
(*
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PURPOSE:

    • Based on the User's selection, create and put on Clipboard:
      • RTF formatted Hyperlink
      • This supports custom URL Schemes/Protocols not supported by Evernote

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'use strict';

var app = Application.currentApplication()
app.includeStandardAdditions = true

var mySelection = copySelection("Safari", 1)
mySelection

//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
function copySelection(pAppName, pTimeLimitSec) {

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property ptyScriptName : "Create Internet Location File from EN Note"
property ptyScriptVer : "2.0"
property ptyScriptDate : "2018-03-29"
property ptyScriptAuthor : "JMichaelTX"

(*
--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
REQUIRED:
  1.  macOS 10.11.6+
  2.  Mac Applications

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(*
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Get List of Finder Tags
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DATE:    2018-03-19
AUTHOR: ShaneStanley with minor mod by JMichaelTX
REF:
  • How Can I get a List of All Finder Tags?
    • Late Night Software Ltd., 
  • http://forum.latenightsw.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-list-of-all-finder-tags/1192/2?u=jmichaeltx

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MODS BY JMichaelTX on Sat, Feb 27, 2016

AppleScript Handler: on formatDate(pDate, pFormat)

1. Changed record-style parameters to single-field parameters
2. Added block to handle date parameter as a string, including International format (YYYY-MM-DD)
3. Added handler/function: convertIntlDate(pDateStr)

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(function () {
    'use strict';
    
    // OSX JavaScript for Applications lacks the persistent 'properties'
    // of AppleScript (in which global variables and properties persist between script runs)
    // but we can, of course, serialise to JSON or plist at the end of a script
    // parsing it at the start of the next run.
    
    // Here is one approach to persistence between script runs 
    // using JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse()

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(*
===============================================================================
  Append to Existing Note OR Create New Note
===============================================================================

VER:   1.2    LAST UPDATE:   2016-07-05

PURPOSE:
  • Search for Existing Note by Title and Notebook
  • IF found, append HTML