Re: Toast

Subject: Re: Toast

From: "Paul F. Henegan" <email@hidden>

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:46:21 -0500

Delivered-to: email@hidden

On 8 Nov, 2006, at 04:59, Ruth Bygrave wrote:

Anyone know how to set up Toast to do disc images?

I

Hi Ruth,

See if this helps:

tell application "Toast 6 Titanium"

--this section for testing

activate

set myFolder to (choose folder with prompt "Please choose a folder to image.")

set myFolderInfo to info for myFolder

set myFolderName to myFolderInfo's name

set myImageFileContainer to (choose folder with prompt "Please choose where the image file is to be saved.")

set theDiskName to (display dialog "Please choose a name for the disk image volume" default answer myFolderName)

set myFileRef to (choose file name default location myImageFileContainer default name myFolderName & ".toast")

--end of test stuff

set myDisc to make Data disc with properties {name:theDiskName, file system type:Mac OS Extended}

(* options such as "Mac only" or "compressed" are not accessible as commands

they need to be set up manually ahead of time

or scripted through the graphic interface *)

add to myDisc items {myFolder} --list of file and folder references

save myDisc as disc image myFileRef

--write myDisc --without asking

end tell

I kind of agree with J. Stewart, that you could get better compression options and greater portability with the shell commands--hdiutil is, after all, a part of the standard installation of Mac OS X--yet I see where you're coming from as far as convenience for your users.

Peace,

paul

Paul F. Henegan

email@hidden

_______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. AppleScript-Users mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/applescript-users/email@hidden Archives: http://lists.apple.com/mailman//archives/applescript-users This email sent to email@hidden

References:

>Toast (From: Ruth Bygrave <email@hidden>)