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Re: Why doesn't this work?
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Re: Why doesn't this work?


  • Subject: Re: Why doesn't this work?
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 00:16:03 -0700

On 9/26/01 11:17 PM, "Andri Benassi" <email@hidden> wrote:

> (* Why doesn't this work in OS X? *)
> tell application "Finder"
> get name of item 1
> (* Error box pops up: Could not display the result because of an
> Apple event error. *)
> end tell
> (* Yes I do have items on my desktop *)
>

There are loads of problems, bugs, and incomplete implementation in Finder
scripting in OS 10.0.x. Try again after Saturday when you get OS 10.1.


--
Paul Berkowitz


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