RE: Finder scripting: OS 9 vs OS X
RE: Finder scripting: OS 9 vs OS X
- Subject: RE: Finder scripting: OS 9 vs OS X
- From: "Fox, Christopher B" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:10:06 -0400
Michelle:
Your script recommendation fails on my machine with a type
descriptor error. I cannot coerce the result of the "repeat with aFile in
theFiles" to an alias. Nor can I convert it to a string first, as was
recommended elsewhere.
Christopher Fox
Senior Support Technician
Solicitations IT
Capital One
cel: 804-301-4117
tel: 804-967-1553
fax: 804-968-2052
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From: Michelle Steiner
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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 12:48 PM
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: Finder scripting: OS 9 vs OS X
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On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 08:46 AM, Fox, Christopher B wrote:
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> Why does the following script work fine in Mac OS 9.2.2 (AS 1.8.3), but
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> fail
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> in Mac OS X 10.1.5?
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I'm not sure why it doesn't work, but the following does:
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set theFolder to choose folder
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tell application "Finder"
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set theFiles to every file of theFolder
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end tell
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repeat with aFile in theFiles
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set aFile to aFile as alias
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set fileInfo to info for aFile
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end repeat
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The only part of the script that needs to reference the finder is "every
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file of"; also, if Choose Folder is inside the Tell Finder wrapper, the
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script forces you to make the Finder frontmost, so I made changes for
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that as well.
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--Michelle
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We're not human beings having a spiritual experience.
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We're spiritual beings having a human experience.
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