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: Pier Kuipers <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 08:12:35 +0100
At 21:00 -0400 23/6/01, Deivy Petrescu wrote:
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At 10:20 AM -0700 6/23/01, Michelle Steiner wrote:
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>On 6/23/01 9:54 AM, Nigel Garvey <email@hidden> wrote:
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> >>I put the following in the first line of all my scripts now:
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> >>property finder : application "Finder"
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> >>It accomplishes what you desire.
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> >Not with Mac OSses 8.6 or 9.0.4 (AppleScripts 1.3.7 or 1.4).
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>But it does with OS 9.1 and AS 1.6
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>--Michelle
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No it does not!
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At least not here. OS9.1AS1.6 CLib1.3.1
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Same error as Nigel.
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property finder :application "Finder"
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tell finder
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open disk "MacOS 9" --disk becomes blue which means variable.
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end tell
How is this:
property finder : application "Finder"
tell finder
open item "Visual ID Server"
end tell
--> <<class sdsk>> of application "Finder"
I'm on 9.1, AS 1.4.
Pier.
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