[Pythonmac-SIG] accessing iPhoto star rating through appscript?

has hengist.podd at virgin.net
Thu Apr 19 13:11:49 CEST 2007


Daniel Thorpe wrote:

> Does anyone know if it's possible to access the star rating of a  
> photo from iPhoto using appscript? After looking in the iPhoto  
> dictionary and not seeng any reference to it, I have a feeling it  
> is not exposed through AppleScript.

Nope. The ratings widget doesn't appear to be accessible via GUI  
Scripting either. You could try filing a feature request.


> If anyone has found a way to get the number of stars, I'd love to  
> know!

You could try digging around in ~/Pictures/iPhoto Library/ 
AlbumData.xml, I guess, though it's not something I've done myself.

HTH

has
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