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Re: Can't consistently make alias folder

Title: Re: Can't consistently make alias folder
Sorry, I may have confused the issue as I pasted in the result from the Event log...

The actual script code is:

   make new alias file at folder appFolder to AIfold with properties {name:AI_ASName}

where the variables above are strings that are the paths to the two places and the last one is the name of the new alias folder.

If I make the string variables into aliases then that will work consistently?

Thanks.
Jim

On 30 Jan 2008, at 16:25, Jim Skibbie wrote:

> Wondering if someone can help with this...

> I’m making an alias to a folder of scripts at the user’s root level. Most of the time this
> script works, but sometimes I get an error that says “Can’t make class <<alia>> error.

> The line that is erroring is inside a Finder tell block that says:

> make new alias file at folder (alias "Macintosh HD:Users:jim:Library:Scripts:Applications:") to "Macintosh HD:Jim
>  Scripts:Script Menu:Illustrator:" with properties {name:"Adobe Illustrator 10"}

Your 'to' parameter should be a Finder reference or AppleScript alias value, not a string. Not that you should really be dumping scripts at / anyway; use ~/Library/Scripts for per-user scripts and /Library/ Scripts for system-wide ones with permissions set appropriately, and they should all show up in the Script menu automatically.

Has

From: Jim Skibbie <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:25:39 -0600
To: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
Conversation: Can't consistently make alias folder
Subject: Can't consistently make alias folder

Wondering if someone can help with this...

I’m making an alias to a folder of scripts at the user’s root level. Most of the time this script works, but sometimes I get an error that says “Can’t make class <<alia>> error.

The line that is erroring is inside a Finder tell block that says:

    make new alias file at folder (alias "Macintosh HD:Users:jim:Library:Scripts:Applications:") to "Macintosh HD:Jim Scripts:Script Menu:Illustrator:" with properties {name:"Adobe Illustrator 10"}

Result is usually    -->    alias file "Adobe Illustrator 10" of folder "Applications" of folder "Scripts" of folder "Library" of folder "jim" of folder "Users" of startup disk

To fix this, I made a try block to trap the error, then created a repeat until exists loop to check to see if it is there, then make it, then check it. Once it’s there, it continues on. This seems like a lot of run-around just to make an alias folder.

Am I doing something wrong? The error seems to come and go and I’m having trouble understanding why it would sometimes error and sometimes not.

Thanks.
Jim 
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