Re: Trying Again! Similar path problem - please help!
Re: Trying Again! Similar path problem - please help!
- Subject: Re: Trying Again! Similar path problem - please help!
- From: "Paul F. Henegan" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 06:47:53 -0400
on 12.06.2002 21:52, Scott Schrader at email@hidden wrote:
>
Since there was no response I'm trying again, however I'd love to get an
>
explanation from Jolly R. on the stuff at the bottom that he gave me a
>
few days ago.
>
>
Scott Schrader wrote:
>
>
> JollyRoger wrote:
>
>
>
>> On 6/10/2002 9:55 PM, "Scott Schrader" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>
>>> Appreciate your help on this!
>
>>>
>
>>> What I wanted originally to do as a simpler part of a bigger script is
>
>>> choose a folder then open any document with the .mov extension. I was
>
>>> trying to take it one step at a time, by getting the folder to work
>
>>> first for which yours works. Thanks! Now how would I get it to choose
>
>>> the file type of .mov?
Let's break this down: do you want to work with files whose type is ".mov"
or whose name ends with ".mov"?
<snip>
>
>
>
>> list folder: Return the contents of a specified folder
This is a command in the "File Commands : Commands to work with files
without using the Finder" suite of the Standard Additions and its
description.
>
>> list folder 'file' -- the alias or file reference to the folder
The command itself with its required argument.
>
>> [invisibles boolean] -- List invisible files? (default is true)
An optional argument either true or false, with or without...
>
>> Result: a list of Unicode text -- the list of the names of the
>
>> items
>
>> in the specified folder
>
>>
>
> Not sure about this at all! :-(
>
>
A likely place to begin if you wish to work with the names of the items in
the list ;-)
HTH,
paul
--
Paul F. Henegan
<email@hidden>
_______________________________________________
applescript-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/applescript-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.