Re: opening a file in QuickTime?
Re: opening a file in QuickTime?
- Subject: Re: opening a file in QuickTime?
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 19:49:53 -0700
On 10/9/01 6:51 PM, Stonewall Ballard <email@hidden> wrote:
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I have discovered that this construct:
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tell application "Finder"
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set foo to a reference to file "mumble" of startup disk
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end tell
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tell application "QuickTime Player"
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open foo
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end tell
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actually doesn't tell QuickTime Player anything. It's been working
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for me only because the files I've been opening have been QT Player
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files. If I try to open, e.g., a SoundJam mp3 file, the file opens in
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SoundJam.
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If I drop the file on QT Player, it opens in QT Player.
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Given a file reference, how do I force it to open in QuickTime Player?
We discussed this a month or so ago. Use this construct:
open foo as alias
--Michelle
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