Question

I have an automator workflow with a Run Applescript action. Is it possible to enable/disable/delete another automator action in my Run Applescript? See my previous question for more details.

Edit: I have started a bounty. I am looking for questions that enable me to do this in an Automator application.

Answer 1

I’m not aware of a way to do it within an Automator application, but give this a try – the script in the following example workflow toggles the enabled property of the action following it. Create a new workflow with 3 actions:

1) an Ask for Text action to get some input;

2) a Run AppleScript action to test the input and do something:

on run {input, parameters}

    if (input as text) is "" then -- if no input then disable the following action
        set currentAction to index of current action of front workflow -- the most recent completed action
        tell Automator action index (currentAction + 2) of front workflow to set enabled to not enabled
    end if

    return input
end run

3) an Ask for Confirmation action to put up a dialog (or not).

You can use other action properties such as the name, but the index or id works better if there are more than one of the same action.