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Re: I've changed the name of a file (etc.)
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Re: I've changed the name of a file (etc.)

  • Subject: Re: I've changed the name of a file (etc.)
  • From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 13:11:30 -0500
  • Organization: [very little]
> Subject: Re: I've changed the name of a file - now how do I get at path
> to the new name?
> Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:51:04 -0500
> From: Len Senater <email@hidden>
> To: "AppleScript List" <email@hidden>
>
> >on 11/2/00 9:26 PM, Len Senater at email@hidden wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a variable (vPathName) that contains a reference (i.e. path) to
> >> a file:
> >>
> >> --> file "Work:DMS Group:Database:Test Images:xxx.jpg"
> >>
> >> I can change the name of the file by:
> >>
> >> set the name of vPathName to "NewFileName"
> >>
> >> great, however the variable still contains the path to the old file name.
> >>
> >> How do I get the path to the newly renamed file?
> >>
> >> I need it to put back into the database (FileMaker) where I got the
> >> original pathname, so that it will point to the correct (i.e. renamed)
> >> file.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> LEN
> >
> >
> >
> >tell application "Finder"
> > set vPathName to (file "Work:DMS Group:Database:Test Images:xxx.jpg") as
> >alias
> > set the name of vPathName to "NewFileName"
> >end tell
> >
> >return vPathName
> >--> alias "Work:DMS Group:Database:NewFileName"
> >
> >John
> >
> >
>
> almost perfect - however I start with
>
> file "Work:DMS Group:Database:Test Images:OldFileName"
>
> but I end up with
>
> alias "Work:DMS Group:Database:Test Images:NewFileName"
>
> FileMaker will not accept an alias reference - it must be a file reference
>
> Can I easily turn one into the other?
>
> Thanks,
>
> LEN

file (vPathName as text)

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