Re: syntax ?
Re: syntax ?
- Subject: Re: syntax ?
- From: JollyRoger <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:07:15 -0500
On 7/24/2001 6:44 AM, "monk" <email@hidden> wrote:
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i see why creating a 'button' variable is more logical and useful, but
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below, i don't understand why a newfolder variable is better than just
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straight commands for a folder, can you enlighten:
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--this
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tell application "finder"
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make new folder at desktop with properties {name:"blah"}
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select folder "blah"
Now the end user clicks the mouse and changes the selection to another
folder. (Or worse yet, changes the selection to nothing, which would likely
halt your script with an error.)
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open selection
Oops! We opened the wrong folder!
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set size of container window of folder "juxtatext(s)" to {253, 527}
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set view of container window of folder "juxtatext(s)" to kind
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end tell
Now we have resized and changed the view of the wrong folder! Doh!
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--vs. this
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tell application "finder"
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set newFolder to (make new folder at desktop with properties
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{name:"blah"})
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open newFolder
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set size of container window of newFolder to {253, 527}
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set view of container window of newFolder to kind
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end tell
Remember that each command in your script may result in a slew of Apple
Events being sent to various applications on the computer. In general, the
fewer the number of steps in a script, the better.
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