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Created January 31, 2017 13:57
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AppleScript for running opendiff tool with selected files in Finder
on run {input, parameters}
set selected_items to {}
tell application "Finder"
set selected_items to selection as alias list
if (count of selected_items) is not 2 then return
set file1 to POSIX path of (item 1 of selected_items)
set file2 to POSIX path of (item 2 of selected_items)
end tell
try
tell application "System Events"
click UI element "FileMerge" of list 1 of application process "Dock"
end tell
end try
tell application "FileMerge" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell process "FileMerge"
set frontmost to true
click menu item 1 of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" of text field 1 of front window to true
set value of text field 1 of window "Compare Files" to text item 1 of file1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" of text field 2 of front window to true
set value of text field 2 of window "Compare Files" to text item 1 of file2
click UI element "Compare" of window "Compare Files"
end tell
end tell
return input
end run
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