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Re: newbie: how to get result of "cancel"
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Re: newbie: how to get result of "cancel"


  • Subject: Re: newbie: how to get result of "cancel"
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 14:17:53 -0800

On 1/23/01 1:27 PM, Bret Linford <email@hidden> wrote

>I know that if I do a "choose folder" and the user hits "cancel" that the
>script will be killed. How do I get the "result" of a "cancel"? If the user
>hits "cancel", I would like to have a dialog box that says something like
>"Installation aborted". Thanks!

try
set x to choose folder
--do something with x
on error
display dialog "Installation aborted"
end try

There may be other errors than the user cancelling, so you might want to
trap for other errors.

--Michelle

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