Convert To PDF.applescript

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property type_list : {"JPEG", "GIFf", "PICT", "TIFF", "PDF", "TEXT"}
property extension_list : {"jpg", "gif", "pct", "tif", "pdf", "rtf"}
--html is not currently handled

on run {}
	tell application "Finder" to set FinderSelection to the selection as alias list
	
	set FS to FinderSelection
	--Ideally, this list could be passed to the open handler
	
	set SelectionCount to number of FS -- count	
	if SelectionCount is 0 then
		set FS to userPicksFolder()
	else if the SelectionCount is 1 then
		set MyPath to path to me
		if MyPath is item 1 of FS then
			--If I'm a droplet then I was double-clicked
			set FS to userPicksFolder()
		end if
	else
		--I'm not a double-clicked droplet
	end if
	open FS
end run

on userPicksFolder()
	set these_items to {}
	set these_items to (choose file with prompt "Select a file to convert to PDF:" of type {"JPEG", "GIFf", "PICT", "TIFF", "TEXT", "RTF"}) as list
end userPicksFolder

on open these_items
	set thesefiles to {}
	set the item_info to {}
	repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items
		set this_item to (item i of these_items)
		set the item_info to info for this_item
		
		if folder of the item_info is true then --if the item is a folder
			processFolder(this_item)
		else if ((folder of the item_info is false) and (alias of the item_info is false)) and (the file type of the item_info is in the type_list) or ((the name extension of the item_info) is in the extension_list) then
			
			set theFilePath to (item i of these_items as string)
			set thePOSIXFilePath to POSIX path of theFilePath as string
			processFile(thePOSIXFilePath)
		end if
	end repeat
end open

--process folders 
on processFolder(theFolder)
	set these_items to list folder theFolder without invisibles
	repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items
		set this_item to alias ((theFolder as text) & (item i of these_items))
		set the item_info to info for this_item
		if folder of the item_info is true then
			processFolder(this_item)
		else if (alias of the item_info is false) and ((the file type of the item_info is in the type_list) or the name extension of the item_info is in the extension_list) then
			set theFilePath to (this_item as string)
			set thePOSIXFilePath to POSIX path of theFilePath as string
			processFile(thePOSIXFilePath)
		end if
	end repeat
end processFolder

on processFile(thePOSIXFileName)
	try
		set terminalCommand to ""
		set convertCommand to "/System/Library/Printers/Libraries/./convert "
		set newFileName to thePOSIXFileName & ".pdf"
		set terminalCommand to convertCommand & "-f " & "\"" & thePOSIXFileName & "\"" & " -o " & "\"" & newFileName & "\"" & " -j \"application/pdf\""
		
		do shell script terminalCommand
	end try
end processFile