Pick Up Path of Folder for Macro - Pro Tools

[Tom]

@rpalagy

Have a request to create a KB Macro to pick up the path of the current project I'm working on.

I have never used Pro Tools, but according to this post it is not scriptable with AppleScript. If that is true, then it means you would have to resort to GUI scripting.

In this respect @irep has given you a good hint with the topic he has found, in particular this post:

Finding the file path for an open document in Audacity

If the document has been saved, this will provide the path – however if the document has not been saved, it will fail silently. You’ll need to trap the failure and branch accordingly. try tell application "System Events" to tell (process 1 where frontmost is true) set fmD to value of attribute "AXDocument" of window 1 end tell end try

To see if it works for you, do this:

1. In Pro Tools open a project so that it has an open window.
2. Make sure the project window is frontmost in Pro Tools.
3. Paste the AppleScript below to a new document in Script Editor (/Applications/Utilities/Script Editor.app).
4. In the script replace the <process name> with the Pro Tools process name.

• To find the process name, open /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app, and look for the exact process name in the list.

5. Run the script and see what it returns.

tell application "System Events"
  tell application process "<process name>"
    tell window 1
      get value of attribute "AXDocument"
    end tell
  end tell
end tell