Re: Folder action script tutorials?
Re: Folder action script tutorials?
- Subject: Re: Folder action script tutorials?
- From: Paul Skinner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:04:00 -0500
on 3/5/01 5:35 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
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On 3/5/01 1:46 PM, Paul Skinner <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> And... ?somebody can explain me how can I attach an action to folder
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>> "desktop folder"? (OS 8.6)
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> I've heard it said that it can't be done, BUT...
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> ( PB bronze/400/OS 9.1/AS 1.5.5/C.lib 1.2.5)
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> --Converted using Wacky ListServer v1.0 : )
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An easier way to do it is over a network; you can then use the Finder's
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contextual menu to attach a script to a folder.
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> So, clearly you can attatch scripts to the Desktop folder. But thay fail
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> to function as far as I can tell. This includes using Folder actions plus.
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> If anyone can get them to work, I'd love to hear about it.
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--Michelle
I tried this first ( I'm a sucker for the easy way. )
And it appears to me that the OS is too smart for this.
Although the Desktop Folder appears in the volume when it is remotely
mounted, the contextual menu doesn't offer the attach folder action option.
Nor for aliases of the DT folder.
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Paul Skinner