AppleScript: System Events – writing to plist-file

tell application "System Events"
	-- create an empty property list dictionary item
	set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}
	-- create new property list file using the empty dictionary list item as contents
	set the plistfile_path to "~/Desktop/example.plist"
	set pl to make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistfile_path}
	-- add the values to plist
	tell pl
		-- create a text entry
		make new property list item at end with properties {kind:string, name:"testtext", value:"This is some text"}

		-- create a truth value entry
		make new property list item at end with properties {kind:boolean, name:"testbool", value:true}

		-- create an integer entry
		make new property list item at end with properties {kind:number, name:"testinteger", value:250}

		-- create a float / real entry
		make new property list item at end with properties {kind:number, name:"testfloat", value:123.456789}

		-- create an empty dictionary
		set r to make new property list item at end with properties {kind:record, name:"testdictionary"}

		-- fill that dictionary
		tell r
			-- some string whith non ASCII characters
			make new property list item at end with properties {kind:string, name:"danish_island", value:"XY"}

			-- some date entry
			make new property list item at end with properties {kind:date, name:"now", value:current date}

			-- create an array (or list)
			make new property list item at end with properties {kind:list, name:"testarray", value:{123, "abc", 100}}
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

(*another example to write an plist-file*)
set plistfile_path to "~/Desktop/example_2.plist"
set the_record to {testbool:true, testinteger:250, testdictionary:{danish_island:"XY", now:date "Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011 14:38:04", testarray:{123, "abc", 100}}, testtext:"This is some text", testfloat:123.456789}
tell application "System Events"
	set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record, value:the_record}
	set pl to make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistfile_path}
end tell

tell application "System Events"

-- create an empty property list dictionary item

set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record}

-- create new property list file using the empty dictionary list item as contents

set the plistfile_path to "~/Desktop/example.plist"

set pl to make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistfile_path}

-- add the values to plist

tell pl

-- create a text entry

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:string, name:"testtext", value:"This is some text"}

-- create a truth value entry

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:boolean, name:"testbool", value:true}

-- create an integer entry

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:number, name:"testinteger", value:250}

-- create a float / real entry

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:number, name:"testfloat", value:123.456789}

-- create an empty dictionary

set r to make new property list item at end with properties {kind:record, name:"testdictionary"}

-- fill that dictionary

tell r

-- some string whith non ASCII characters

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:string, name:"danish_island", value:"XY"}

-- some date entry

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:date, name:"now", value:current date}

-- create an array (or list)

make new property list item at end with properties {kind:list, name:"testarray", value:{123, "abc", 100}}

end tell

(*another example to write an plist-file*)

set plistfile_path to "~/Desktop/example_2.plist"

set the_record to {testbool:true, testinteger:250, testdictionary:{danish_island:"XY", now:date "Donnerstag, 16. Juni 2011 14:38:04", testarray:{123, "abc", 100}}, testtext:"This is some text", testfloat:123.456789}

tell application "System Events"

set the parent_dictionary to make new property list item with properties {kind:record, value:the_record}

set pl to make new property list file with properties {contents:parent_dictionary, name:plistfile_path}

end tell

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