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Re: folder of


  • Subject: Re: folder of
  • From: email@hidden
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:29:49 EST

Glenn:

On the other hand, if you want to keep your "tell Finder" block, just ask the
finder to get the "kind" of the alias. In your script:

if kind of theFile is "folder" then...

My untested guess is that info for might be a tad faster than using Finder
commands, but if you're already in a "tell Finder" block it makes sense (to
me anyway) to let the Finder carry the mail.

Robert Kyle
Star Tribune
Minneapolis






In a message dated 11/27/00 12:25:42 PM, email@hidden writes:
>
>Is anyone else having trouble with "folder of" to determine if
>a file is a folder? In the following, I get an error that says:
>"can't get folder of". The error message then lists the object
>and clearly shows "folder:true". I can get other attributes such
>as locked or alias, but folder doesn't work. I'm using MacOS 9.04.
>
>
>on run
>
> set myFolder to (choose folder with prompt ("select folder to process"))
> processIt(myFolder)
>
>end run
>
>on processIt(myFolder)
> tell application "Finder"
> display dialog "Folder: " & myFolder
> set myFolder to myFolder as alias
> set myFolderContents to list folder myFolder
> repeat with x in myFolderContents
> set folderText to myFolder as text
> set xText to x as text
> set thePath to folderText & xText
> set theFile to thePath as alias
> if folder of (info for theFile) is true then
> processIt(theFile)
> end if
> end repeat
> end tell
>end processIt


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