macOS Gui Script - Rating tracks in itunes

[erikssonfx]

Hello I need a script to rating the current track automatically. With the following script it isn't possible because theres an error by "★★★★★". Although this is actually the correct term. (I need to stretch the code with delays because the viewer should see the automatic-action)

tell application "iTunes"
	activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "iTunes"
		key code 120 using control down
		delay 1
		tell menu bar 1
			click menu bar item "Ablage"
		end tell
	end tell
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "iTunes"
		delay 1
		tell menu bar 1
			tell menu "Ablage"
				click menu item "Wertung"
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "iTunes"
		delay 1
		tell menu bar 1
			tell menu "Ablage"
				tell menu "Wertung"
					click menu item "★★★★★"
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

 

[kryten2]

tell application "iTunes"
	if player state is playing then
		set myTrack to current track
		-- ★=20 so ★★★★★=100
		set rating of myTrack to 100
	end if
end tell

You can set the rating from the iTunes icon in the dock too.

 

[erikssonfx]

thanks for the advice. I want to recreate natural actions, so i used the tell-orders to get to the rating item. then i closed all and faked it with your short code.