[Automator] Workflow problem

Russell McGaha russellmcgaha at mac.com
Fri Mar 20 12:57:32 PDT 2009


Yeah;  I can't figure out why it's duplicating the jpeg's when run as  
an application.  It's driving me [what little is left] insane.   O  
well; I'll just run it from Automator for now.

Thanks for the check;
Russell


On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:37 PM, Wing Wong wrote:

> I just tried the workflow:
>
> - finder items
> - filter finder items (file type : png )
> - images to pdf
>
> + worked as expected as an automator action.
> + saved as an application and it runs fine as well.
>
> Odd.
>
> Wing
>
> On 3/20/09, Russell McGaha <russellmcgaha at mac.com> wrote:
>> I don't THINK so.
>> 	No.  I'm "Get Specified Finder Items", "Filter Finder Items [Fie  
>> Type
>> is JPEG Image File]", then "New PDF from Images [specifying output]"
>>
>> Russell
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Wing Wong wrote:
>>
>>> Are you using a temp folder? Ie, is the temp folder in one of the
>>> steps getting filled with old images?
>>>
>>> Wing
>>>
>>> On 3/20/09, Russell McGaha <russellmcgaha at mac.com> wrote:
>>>> Folks;
>>>> 	I've a bit of a problem that I don't understand.  I've created a
>>>> workflow to turn a series of JPEGs into 1 PDF.  Run from Automator,
>>>> everything is fine; but when I save it as an application and run  
>>>> it,
>>>> the JPEGS are put into the PDF twice [in the correct order].   
>>>> Anyone
>>>> have any idea of what's going on here??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Russell
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