I had trouble with an error at this line (can't make [...] into type [event
code for alias list]):
set fldrs to folders of (selection as alias) as alias list
So I changed it to this, which seemed to do what I expected it to although
the Finder selection hadn't changed:
set thes to selection
set fldrs to {}
repeat with i in thes
if kind of (info for i as alias) is "Folder" then
set fldrs to fldrs & (i as alias)
end if
end repeat
Why is that? Thanks.
I don't know Laine, and what makes it even stranger is that if I copy the line from the list to my script editor preceding it with 'tell application "Finder" to', it fails for me too. If I simply type it in my script editor: just this much:
'tell application "Finder" to set fldrs to folders of (selection as alias) as alias list'
it works perfectly - returning a list of the folders in any selected folder that actually has internal folders and returns a list of zero items if the selected folder doesn't have any or if the selection is a file.
Even more interesting; after the first try, that is if I type it into either the Script Editor or Script Debugger 4.0.2, it works. If I open a new script document, then copy the line again from the list and compile it, it compiles and works!
The upshot is: I can't answer your question unless it is because I am running 10.4.6 and you are not or there is something else very spooky going on having to do with copying it from a browser window (in my case, Camino)
