macOS Apple script question

[Tech198]

Hi all... what is the command for copying meta-tags from one to the other ?

I've tried duplicate and copy, but neither work, unless i'm using it wrong

This is what the syntax i currently have:

copy composer of selection

in the above case, i have two songs selected in iTunes, and wish to copy Composer tag of one song, to Composer field of the other, which is currently blank. I will expand of this later, but for now, i'm starting small.

 

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Hi,

That's not a lot to go on!

Can you let us see the full script you have, rather than just one line out of it?
[doublepost=1454939258][/doublepost]

I've tried duplicate and copy, but neither work, unless i'm using it wrong.

OK, I'm in a good mood so here's something to set you off in the right direction:

tell application "iTunes"

    --let the user enter the new composer name
   set theNewComposerName to text returned of (display dialog "Enter composer name..." default answer "")

    try
       --try to set the composer and log some details if it fails
       --e.g. because you don't have the right file permission
       set composer of item 1 of selection to theNewComposerName
   on error theError
       --alert the user to the error
       display dialog "Failed to set composer" buttons {"OK"} with icon 0
       --log the details of error
       log theError
  end try

end tell

...have a look in the Scripting Dictionary for iTunes. Note that you can get and set the composer. ;-)