Re: Name of Finder
Re: Name of Finder
- Subject: Re: Name of Finder
- From: Richard 23 <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 22:25:25 -0800
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Is there some way in AppleScript to get the name of Finder without knowing
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Finder's name?
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If one is writing a script that will be used on systems using other than
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English, is the name of "Finder" fixed to the English word "Finder"? If not,
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is there some way to determine what it is called, so that you could generate
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a 'tell application "SomeNameForFinder"' block?
I do something similar in my QuitFinder script to get the name of the
Finder
and the name of the current OS.
Actually, stepping back...
AppleScript will be able to locate the Finder whatever it's name if your
script is compiled with a Finder tell block. Within that tell block you
can get the name of the Finder (which might seem redundant but may not be
on international versions of the Mac OS) within such a block:
tell application "Finder"
set fndrName to name
end
R23