Re: Why isn't there a constant called finder?
Re: Why isn't there a constant called finder?
- Subject: Re: Why isn't there a constant called finder?
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 19:10:08 -0700
On 6/22/01 7:04 PM, Bill Briggs <email@hidden> wrote:
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You have objects that belong to classes and they are distinguished
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by that class membership. The Finder is an application, so why would
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it be a member of the class constant? Would you want to do the same
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for folders, files, disks? Shouldn't constants be things like "pi"
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and "e"?
Well, pi is actually a predefined variable in Applescript. ;)
Maybe I'm using "constant" incorrectly here, but I'd just like to be able
to type
tell the finder
--do something
end tell
instead of
tell application "finder"
--do something
end tell
That's all.
--Michelle
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