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Re: 'original item' broken
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Re: 'original item' broken

  • Subject: Re: 'original item' broken
  • From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 19:08:14 -0700
At 11:44 +0200 5/31/2001, Serge Belleudy-d'Espinose wrote:
>tell application "Finder" to get "" & original item of item "ThisAlias"
> -- "MySystem:Desktop Folder:text"
>
>No, it should be "MyDocs:Desktop Folder:text"!
>
>I've tried several workarounds but it seems broken beyond repair.
>Is this a know bug, was it fixed?

This, and a few other variants, are known. I thought I remembered that
AppleScript 1.6 fixed it, but perhaps not (and you may not be using 1.6
anyhow).
--
John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA

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 >'original item' broken (From: "Serge Belleudy-d'Espinose" <email@hidden>)

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