Re: can't get the folder of info for x -- solved
Re: can't get the folder of info for x -- solved
- Subject: Re: can't get the folder of info for x -- solved
- From: Brian Gollands <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:49:27 -0400
My thanks to all who wrote with suggestions to my problem (Jolly
Roger, Cornwall, AppleScripter). The 2 main answers were to test for
the last character in the path being a ":" to indicate a folder, or
to watch out for having inappropriate code in a Finder tell block.
Turns out that the latter is exactly what was happening -- the Finder
was using its folder class rather than the one I needed. As an
beginning scripter, I've learned a valuable lesson to not go hog wild
with tell blocks! Thanks to the above for getting back to me so
quickly and breaking the mental logjam.
On 9/17/2001 1:10 PM, "Brian Gollands" <email@hidden> wrote:
> If I test for any other boolean or info (alias, visible, name, etc.),
> the above code works. However, I just get a "Can't get folder of ...
> [the record contents]..." when I test for folders. Is this a known
> bug with "info for" in the Standard Additions or maybe a problem with
> my code? Maybe a conflict from another scripting addition? Just
> wondering if I'm all alone, or if this is something others have seen.
Brian
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