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Re: files in a folder
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Re: files in a folder


  • Subject: Re: files in a folder
  • From: Rick Norman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 07:53:25 -0500

Thanks Mark,
That does exactly what I need.
Rick Norman


> From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
> Organization: [very little]
> Reply-To: email@hidden
> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 01:39:56 -0400
> To: email@hidden
> Cc: Rick Norman <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: files in a folder
>
>> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 17:55:11 -0400
>> From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
>> Reply-To: email@hidden
>> Organization: [very little]
>> To: email@hidden
>> Subject: Re: files in a folder
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 11:41:42 -0500
>>> Subject: files in a folder
>>> From: Rick Norman <email@hidden>
>>> To: <email@hidden>
>>>
>>> Can someone tell me or point me in the right direction for information on
>>> writing an applet to drop a folder on and have the script count the items
>>> and also set each item to a name (x, y, z) what have you. Everything I've
>>> tried thus far will only give me the path of the folder and the last item in
>>> the path is the folder name, but doesn't look inside the folder.
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Rick Norman
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> on open (itemList)
>> set theFldr to item 1 of itemList
>> tell application "Finder"
>> set itemCnt to count items of itemList
>> repeat with anItem in itemList
>> -- do whatever you want to do with the items, such as "set name"
>> end repeat
>> end tell
>> end open
>
> Sorry. It seems I left out a line...
>
> on open (itemList)
> set theFldr to item 1 of itemList
> tell application "Finder"
> set itemCnt to count items of itemList
> set itemList to items of theFldr -- this is the line I left out
> repeat with anItem in itemList
> -- do whatever you want to do with the items, such as "set name"
> end repeat
> end tell
> end open
>
> Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
> http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
> 4020 W.220th St.
> Fairview Park, OH 44126
> (440) 331-1074
>
> [6/5/02 1:39:21 AM]
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