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Re: New user
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Re: New user


  • Subject: Re: New user
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 08:27:06 +1000

On 31/8/01 5:17 AM +1000, Nigel Garvey, email@hidden,
wrote:

> The problem is the '((path to desktop) as text) bit'. The line occurs
> within a 'tell' block directed at the Finder, and the 'path to' command
> often causes problems in that situation - especially when its parameter
> is also one of the Finder's "special folders". One cure is to replace
> 'path to' with its Finder equivalent.

Another cure -- probably more relevant with other than the desktop -- is to
add the word folder: "path to desktop folder as text". That seems to keep
the Finder happy.

--
Shane Stanley, email@hidden


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