Find workflow folder with applescript

[Wes]

How exactly can an applescript find it's own workflow folder? 

 

I tried: set workflowFolder to do shell script "pwd" but this just returns "/"

 

I need my workflow folder to access files via applescript.

Edited November 4, 2013 by wesleyh

[jdfwarrior]

Does the AppleScript reside in the workflow directory? If so, a quick google seems to indicate that this would work.

set path to (path to me as string)

[Wes]

Thanks for your reply. That seems to return the path to Alfred.app - what I need is the path to the director you get when you right click on a workflow in alfred preferences and show choose in finder ("user.workflow.xxx") - I need to access files from that directory in my applescript. 

[Wes]

Never mind, instead of using the NSApplescript action I needed to run a script action instead, so it's run in the background and not on the main thread. Thx!

[jdfwarrior]

Never mind, instead of using the NSApplescript action I needed to run a script action instead, so it's run in the background and not on the main thread. Thx!

 

Great! Glad you got it worked out

[deanishe]

 

Does the AppleScript reside in the workflow directory? If so, a quick google seems to indicate that this would work.

set path to (path to me as string)

 

 

FYI, this only works if the script is in an actual file. If you've pasted your script in the Script box, then there isn't a file, so there can't be a path to it.

[shazoom]

You can runs a shell script to do it. To load an external Applescript library, for example,:

global bt_lib
set bt_lib_filename to "bt_lib.scpt"
set pwd to (do shell script "pwd")
set bt_lib to load script (pwd & "/" & bt_lib_filename)

I got this from: https://github.com/qlassiqa/qworkflow

Edited May 18, 2016 by shazoom