I need to preface this with the statement that I am not a programmer, so I need to be talked down to. I have done what I described below using guides and lots of trial and error
I have a functioning AppleScript which has 2 prompts for a user name and password which then proceeds to mount some network volumes based on an LDAP lookup. I have created a new AppleScriptObjC Xcode 6.4 project and brought in the code from the working AppleScript. Using interface builder, I created a simple input window and linked it up with the following code:
-- IBOutlets
property theWindow : missing value
property accountName : missing value
property passwordName : missing value
-- IBActions (button clicks)
on setCredentialsFromUserInput_(sender)
set accountName to accountName's stringValue()
set passwordName to passwordName's stringValue()
end setCredentialsFromUserInput_
I linked the OK button with the IBAction described above and the ID and password fields with the associated IBOutlets above. The project builds and runs ok, but when I click the OK button, nothing happens. It does not proceed to execute the rest of the code in the project. I assume I am missing something basic here—thoughts?
Update #1:
Here is the rest of the code in the script. Most of this was imported from an earlier working version of this app written in AppleScript Studio (I believe). I expect you will find other errors in here as well, but my primary concerns is why nothing seems to move along when I click OK.
-- Set text delimiters
-- From previous version of Map Drives application
on removechar(delim, sourcetxt) --remove delim from string source
try
set OldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters -- save their current state
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delim -- declare new delimiters
set sourcelist to (every text item in sourcetxt) as list
set sourcetxt to ""
repeat with i from 1 to count of sourcelist
set this_item to item i of sourcelist
set sourcetxt to sourcetxt & this_item
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims -- restore them
return sourcetxt
on error
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims -- restore them in case something went wrong
end try
end removechar
on replacechar(delim, sourcetxt, replacement) --replace delim in string source with replacement
try
set OldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters -- save their current state
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delim -- declare new delimiters
set sourcelist to (every text item in sourcetxt) as list
set sourcetxt to ""
repeat with i from 1 to count of sourcelist
set this_item to item i of sourcelist
if i is equal to 1 then
set sourcetxt to this_item
else
set sourcetxt to sourcetxt & replacement & this_item
end if
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims -- restore them
return sourcetxt
on error
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims -- restore them in case something went wrong
end try
end replacechar
-- Execute LDAP Query
on mapDrives_(accountname, passwordname)
--setup ldap query
set ldap_host to "LDAP HOST"
set ldap_searchbase to "LDAP QUERY"
set ldap_attribute to "NetworkResource"
set query to "uid=\"" & accountname & "\""
-- run ldap query
try
set networktest to do shell script "ping -c 1 " & ldap_host
on error
display alert "Unable to connect to server.
Please check your internet connection and try again." as warning default button "OK"
restoreButton()
return
end try
try
set ldapresults to do shell script "ldapsearch -x -b " & ldap_searchbase & " -H ldap://" & ldap_host & " -D \"" & uName & "\"@" & ldap_host & " -w \"" & pWord & "\" -LLL " & query & " " & ldap_attribute & ""
end try
--Clean LDAP results
--display dialog "results: " & ldapresults
set cleanldapresults to removechar(space, ldapresults)
--quit
--display dialog "first pass: " & cleanldapresults
set cleanldapresults to removechar(return, cleanldapresults)
--display dialog "second pass: " & cleanldapresults
set cleanldapresults to replacechar("\\", cleanldapresults, "/")
--try
set OldDelims to AppleScript's text item delimiters -- save their current state
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return -- declare new delimiters
--separate out the cifs paths and load them into a list
--display dialog "last pass: " & cleanldapresults
try
set mountpaths to (every text item in (do shell script "echo \"" & cleanldapresults & "\" | grep -o cifs_path=\"[^,]*\"")) as list
on error
display alert "Invalid drive mappings." as warning
quit
end try
--display dialog mountpaths
--iterate through mount paths and mount them
repeat with i from 1 to count of mountpaths
set this_item to item i of mountpaths
set this_item to replacechar("cifs_path=", this_item, "")
if this_item is not equal to "" then
try
-- display alert "Mapping: smb:" & this_item
mount volume ("smb:" & this_item) as user name uName with password pWord
on error
display alert "Failed to map: smb:" & this_item & " with username: " & uName as warning
end try
end if
end repeat
display alert "Your network drives have been mapped." as informational default button "OK"
restoreButton()
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to OldDelims -- restore them
quit
end mapDrives_
##################################################
# Application
on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
-- Insert code here to initialize your application before any files are opened
end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
-- Insert code here to do any housekeeping before your application quits
return current application's NSTerminateNow
end applicationShouldTerminate_
end script
Best Answer
You are close. I think the problem is that you have created two properties (accountName and passwordName) for your text fields but then you are taking the stringValues from those text fields and then trying to store those string values back into themselves.
If you store the values in separate variables the code works successfully.
The display alert instruction is just there so you can see that something happens when you click OK.