Applescript examples

[Savanna]

Hello,
please can someone provide a few Applescript examples? I tryed a lot but I cant get the delete command working,
eg

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tell application "Vienna"
	repeat with x in (articles of folders)
		if date of x is less than (my (current date)) - 3 * days then delete x
	end repeat
end tell

for:

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tell application "Vienna"
	delete (article 677)
end tell

I get:

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error "„Vienna“ got an error: „article 677“ can't read." number -1728 from article 677

Don't know how to implement that.

[Savanna]

Yes, I thought so. This is a dead forum. The developer doesn't care and the software all in all is crap. The Applescript implemented sloppy and doesn't work at all.

[pukku]

- you might have better luck over on the GitHub issues queue? https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss

- AppleScript is weird in a lot of applications, but maybe you can move the items to the trash folder instead of deleting them?

[Savanna]

- you might have better luck over on the GitHub issues queue? https://github.com/ViennaRSS/vienna-rss

- AppleScript is weird in a lot of applications, but maybe you can move the items to the trash folder instead of deleting them?

Thanks pukku. Move generates the same error.

[philmur]

It seems one can only get the properties of folder and article objects, but not otherwise act on them. Not sure why this is (AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000).

Working examples:

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tell application "Vienna" to get title of article 1 of folder 1

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tell application "Vienna" to get link of current article

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tell application "Vienna" to get url of current folder

The application object is the only one that can take actions. For example,

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tell application "Vienna" to refresh subscription for folder "Vienna Support"

Good luck!