Getting comments as a list... Delimiters???
Getting comments as a list... Delimiters???
- Subject: Getting comments as a list... Delimiters???
- From: Robbie Newton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 10:23:55 -0400
Hello all
This is my first post onto this list, (oh yeah, and my first crack at
appleScript) I am under a bit of pressure from my boss to get this one thing
to work, that I obviously should not have thought about, out loud.
Our file system is set up as list view with the comments field showing in
that view. We use the comments field extensively for all of the files and
folders stored. Its very nice to have it to come back to for a reference (if
say, the 'file' wasn't named very well, we can get a clue of what its goes
with from the information or description in the comments field.) The basic
structure of the file system is based on project numbers, and suffixes added
on the ends as component numbers. One problem that we have right now is when
a file gets 'lost' in the system or misfiled. Since we can't put the whole
project number and component number in the name of each file, if it gets
filed under the wrong project folder then it is 'lost'. See what I mean?
So...
I was thinking that if there was a way to add fields to the info box ( + i)
for files then we could have a field for the project number and a field for
the component number. That would solve the problem because, a file were to
get misfiled in that case, all one would have to do is hit ( + i) and view
the project number and component number. With that said...
The idea of finding a way to 'add' fields to the info dialog for files is
very far fetched. We not quite comfortable hacking the Mac OS to add some
new features. Nor are we at the skill level to design an extension to do it.
So... ~ here's the kicker ~
Using basic database ideology, do you think its possible to write delimited
information to the comments field with the intent of being able to retrieve
that delimited information to separate fields elsewhere? (or from other
scripts) If anyone has any ideas on this, please post them. Thanks,
everyone, for listening.
Sorry so lengthy, they all wont be this way.
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