it seems that you have to try the different possibilities and look what works for you…
For me, deep linking is working (and also opening these deep-links).
I am using the scipts posted by lawyerboy (post) but i had to edit them slightly, to get deep linking working again.
I think i only changed the getPageDetails() function, but i will just post my current config
openItem
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use framework "Foundation"
use scripting additions
property NSURLComponents : a reference to current application's NSURLComponents
property NSURLQueryItem : a reference to current application's NSURLQueryItem
property NSMutableDictionary : a reference to current application's NSMutableDictionary
property NSFileManager : a reference to current application's NSFileManager's defaultManager
property NSURL : a reference to current application's NSURL
on getPDFExpertName()
tell application "System Events" to return name of first window of process "PDF Expert"
end getPDFExpertName
on replaceText(this_text, search_string, replacement_string)
set str to current application's NSString's stringWithString:this_text
return (str's stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:search_string withString:replacement_string) as string
end replaceText
on cleanURL(fullURL)
--Clean up historic bad encodings
if fullURL contains "%2520" then
set fullURL to replaceText(fullURL, "%25", "%")
set fullURL to replaceText(fullURL, "%23", "#")
set fullURL to replaceText(fullURL, "(", "(")
set fullURL to replaceText(fullURL, ")", ")")
end if
set fullURL to replaceText(fullURL, ".pdf&", ".pdf?")
set urlObj to NSURLComponents's componentsWithString:fullURL
--Handle Hook file URLs by stripping the '/file:/' component from the start of the path
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to "file:/"
get (urlObj's |path| as string)'s text items
try
if (urlObj's |path| as string)'s second text item is not "" then set urlObj's |path| to (urlObj's |path| as string)'s second text item
end try
--Handle old-style paths (which appear with a leading / ...)
if ((urlObj's |path|) as string) contains ":Users:" then set urlObj's |path| to (POSIX path of (text 2 thru end of (urlObj's |path| as string)))
--Optional: search for files where there is no match
if not (NSFileManager's fileExistsAtPath:(urlObj's |path|)) then
set newObj to findItemURL(urlObj)
if newObj is not missing value then set urlObj's |path| to newObj's |path|
end if
return urlObj
end cleanURL
to findItemURL(urlObj)
set {urlObj's |scheme|, urlObj's |host|} to {"file", ""}
set filename to urlObj's |URL|'s lastPathComponent
set searchResults to do shell script "mdfind -name " & quoted form of (filename as string)
set searchResultURLs to {}
repeat with searchResult in paragraphs of searchResults
set end of searchResultURLs to (NSURL's fileURLWithPath:searchResult isDirectory:false relativeToURL:(urlObj's |URL|))
end repeat
set ourPathComponents to urlObj's |URL|'s pathComponents
set leadingCandidate to {_URL:missing value, penalty:999999}
repeat with searchResultURL in searchResultURLs
set diff to ((searchResultURL's pathComponents)'s differenceFromArray:ourPathComponents)
set penalty to (count of (diff's insertions)) + (count of (diff's removals))
if penalty < leadingCandidate's penalty then set leadingCandidate to {_URL:searchResultURL, penalty:penalty}
end repeat
return contents of leadingCandidate's _URL
end findItemURL
on getKvs(fromURLComponents)
if fromURLComponents's query() is missing value then
set fromURLComponents's query to fromURLComponents's fragment()
set fromURLComponents's fragment to ""
end if
set dict to NSMutableDictionary's new()
try
repeat with queryItem in fromURLComponents's queryItems
(dict's setValue:(queryItem's value as string) forKey:(queryItem's |name|))
end repeat
end try
return dict as record
end getKvs
on moveViewToPage(pageNo)
set enabledViewElements to missing value
tell application "PDF Expert" to activate
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "PDF Expert"
if role description of value of attribute "AXFocusedUIElement" is "text field" then --Search bar taking focus?
key code 53
end if
tell menu bar 1
set goToPage to menu item "Go to Page..." of menu "Go"
if goToPage's enabled is not true then
--Side bar taking focus?
set enabledViewElements to every UI element of menu "View" whose (value of attribute "AXMenuItemMarkChar" of it) is equal to "✓"
keystroke "5" using {command down, option down} --faster than click UI element "No Left Panel" of menu "View"
end if
click goToPage
delay 0.05
keystroke pageNo
keystroke return
--Restore side bar if necessary
if enabledViewElements is not missing value then
repeat with element in enabledViewElements
if element's name is in {"Bookmarks", "Outline", "Annotation Summary", "Thumbnails Panel"} then
click element
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell
end tell
end tell
end moveViewToPage
on openItem(fullURL)
set urlObj to cleanURL(fullURL)
--Test if file exists
if not (NSFileManager's fileExistsAtPath:(urlObj's |path|)) then
display dialog "Unable to find file for URL " & fullURL & " looking at path " & urlObj's |path| with title "Hook PDF Expert Integration" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 cancel button 1 giving up after 2
return urlObj's |path|
end if
--Convert URL to file URL
set {urlObj's |scheme|, urlObj's |host|} to {"file", ""}
set furl to urlObj's |URL| as «class furl»
tell application "PDF Expert" to open location furl
-- Get page number
set pageRefs to getKvs(urlObj) & {p:missing value, page:missing value} --Neuberg p. 241
if pageRefs's p is missing value then set pageRefs's p to pageRefs's page
set p to pageRefs's p
if p is missing value then return
--display dialog "Go to page " & p giving up after 1
-- Get file name
tell application "Finder" to set pdfName to displayed name of (info for furl)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ".pdf"
set pdfName to pdfName's first text item
-- Move to page
set counter to 30
repeat while counter is greater than 0
if getPDFExpertName() contains pdfName then
moveViewToPage(p)
return
else
delay 0.1
end if
set counter to counter - 1
end repeat
end openItem
openItem("$0")
getName
set oldDelimiters to applescript's text item delimiters
to getPageNo()
try
tell application "System Events"
tell process "PDF Expert"
set pageText to value of static text 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
end tell
end tell
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" of "}
get pageText's first text item
end try
end getPageNo
tell application "System Events"
set fileName to name of first window of process "PDF Expert"
end tell
set fullName to fileName & " p. " & getPageNo()
set applescript's text item delimiters to oldDelimiters
get fullName
getAddress
use AppleScript version “2.4” – Yosemite (10.10) or later
use framework “Foundation”
use scripting additions
property NSURLComponents : a reference to current application’s NSURLComponents
property NSURLQueryItem : a reference to current application’s NSURLQueryItem
property NSMutableDictionary : a reference to current application’s NSMutableDictionary
property NSFileManager : a reference to current application’s NSFileManager’s defaultManager
property NSURL : a reference to current application’s NSURL
–Get Address
on getPDFExpertFileURL()
local fileURL
set fileURL to missing value
tell application “System Events”
activate application “PDF Expert”
tell process “PDF Expert” to set showInFinder to menu item “Show in Finder” of menu 1 of menu bar item “File” of menu bar 1
set isEnabled to showInFinder’s enabled
end tell
if isEnabled then
tell application “System Events” to tell process “PDF Expert” to click showInFinder
delay 0.1
tell application “Finder”
set openWindows to id of every window
set fileURL to URL of (selection as alias)
close (get (every window whose id of it is not in openWindows))
end tell
end if
tell application “System Events” to activate application “PDF Expert”
return fileURL
end getPDFExpertFileURL
on getPDFExpertName()
tell application “System Events” to return name of first window of process “PDF Expert”
end getPDFExpertName
on getPageDetails()
set {pageNo, pageLabel} to {missing value, missing value}
try --Get the details we need
tell application “System Events” to tell process “PDF Expert”
set frontmost to true
click menu item “Go to Page…” of menu 1 of menu bar item “Go” of menu bar 1
click menu item “Copy” of menu 1 of menu bar item “Edit” of menu bar 1
tell application “System Events” to key code 53
set pageNo to the clipboard
set pageLabel to the clipboard
end tell
end try
return {pageNo, pageLabel}
end getPageDetails
on getAddress()
set urlBuilder to NSURLComponents’s new’s initWithString:getPDFExpertFileURL()
set {urlBuilder’s |scheme|, urlBuilder’s |host|} to {“pdfexpert”, “”}
set title to getPDFExpertName()
set {pageNo, pageLabel} to getPageDetails()
if pageNo is not missing value then
set title to title & " p. " & pageLabel
set urlBuilder's queryItems to {NSURLQueryItem's queryItemWithName:"p" value:pageNo}
--set urlBuilder's fragment to "page=" & pageNo --necessary for file:/ scheme
end if
return "[" & title & "](" & (urlBuilder's |string| as string) & ")"
end getAddress
getAddress()
oh, i never even saw the “scheme” input field on the “Open Item” tab. I didn’t change it.