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I have  an automator app used as a folder action to convert flash  
videos to Quicktime movies to view on the iphone.

I saved the workflow as an app and then put it in ~/Library/Workflows/ 
Applications/Folder Actions.  The first time you run it an applescript  
is created that will launch the workflow.  Automator workflows need  
this script to work as a folder action.

There is a folder action called Wait for Finder Items, you can buy it  
from Automated Workflows.  With this action you can have the workflow  
wait and check to see if a files has finished downloading before it is  
processed.

On May 14, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Brandon Hicks wrote:

> Hi,
> Unless I did something wrong, putting the droplet just as a folder
> action didn't even attempt to launch it when I pasted a file into the
> folder.
>
> The main reason I wanted to launch the droplet through a workflow was
> because I'd be copying audio files into the folder from the network,
> so I wanted to use the wait for files to copy automator action, then
> have that somehow fake drag and drop the copied files onto the
> converter droplet.
>
> On 5/14/09, Robert Croy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Why not make it into a Folder Action?
> >
> > On May 14, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Brandon Hicks wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to set up an audio converter that will activate when new
> > > files are placed in a certain folder and will leave the files in a
> > > separate folder, not in iTunes.
> > >
> > > I have everything set up, but I can't figure out how to pass the  
> > > files
> > > to the droplet I'm using for audio conversion, Drop A Few My Way.  
> > > I've
> > > tried get Finder items and get Folder contents, but both ways I get
> > > the message telling me to drag and drop audio files on its icon. Is
> > > there another Automator action somewhere that will work for this?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Brandon
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