Re: What happened to "file"?
Re: What happened to "file"?
- Subject: Re: What happened to "file"?
- From: John W Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 17:46:07 -0700
At 6:47 -0700 5/7/2002, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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What's going on is that we're talking abut two completely different things.
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you are using the Finder's file element (defined by the Finder in a Finder
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tell block) whereas I was talking about why AppleScript's own file reference
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is broken in OS 10.1.4, AS 1.8.2b3. i know it can be confusing, but these
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are two different things. (Actually, the Finder's 'file' is changed too: it
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refers to everything as a 'document file' and refuse to acknowledge that
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application files are 'application file' type.)
A modern application (as easily viewed in Finder) is a directory (the real
application file is buried inside). It's possible, I suppose that Finder
hasn't learned to deal with that in the application file "..." context. If
so, I'd expect Mr. Knapp to ride to the rescue. But see below.
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Try the same thing but without the Finder tell block:
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file "OSX:Users:david:Desktop:2.txt"
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Then try it on an older OS, using a correct file path that works with
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'alias', of course.
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I'm somewhat surprised that no else has responded to my report on this. I
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can't find mention of it in any release notes.
I saw your report...I haven't had time to play.
--John
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John Baxter email@hidden Port Ludlow, WA, USA
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