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Area:
Automation

Summary:
Automation scripts in both AppleScript and Automator Javascript do not seem able to export without encountering issue number 6

This has been a problem since 10.2.2

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open up AppleScript or set up the automator equivalent. 
2. Open Pages. Open up a file. Save it in path A. 
3. In snippet below, set path A to {REPLACE WITH PATH A} 


on run
	tell application "Pages"
		activate
		set theFolder to "{Replace with A but use : instead of /}"
		set theDocName to name of front document
		set theName to (characters 1 thru -7 of theDocName) as string
		set thePDFPath to ((file of front document as string) & ":" & theName & ".txt")
		export front document to POSIX file thePDFPath as unformatted text
		close front document
	end tell
end run

 

Expected Results:
This error occurs

error "Pages got an error: \"path to a\" could not be interpreted as a file URL." number 6

Actual Results:
Pages should have exported the file as instructed, but seems to have issues accessing the file system when invoked from AppleScript

Version:
10.2.2
10.2.3

Notes:


Configuration:
10.2.1 or earlier