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property of a folder action script

Subject: property of a folder action script
From: "IP Indu Pillai (2611)" <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:04:43 -0400

> Hello:
>
> I am new to applescript and this is my first attempt to do something with
> it. I need to write a folder action script which will create a set of
> folders once everyday. Subsequent executions should skip the 'creating
> folders' part of the script. I tried to do this by saving a date property
> and comparing it with current date.
>
> property mydate: date "12/12/60"
>
> on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
> display dialog "" & mydate -- I put this for debugging
>
> if mydate is not equal to current date
> ..... -- create the folders
>
> end if
> ....
> ....
> set mydate to current date
>
> end adding folder items to
>
> My problem is that I am not able to get the previous value of mydate in
> the next execution of the script, this means the date is getting
> initialized to "12/12/60" every time. Am I overlooking something? Is there
> anything I am doing wrong? I double checked everything in the script, and
> I found that if I run the same script as an applet, the property holds the
> previous value. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Indu Pillai

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