Re: Get path to a chosen folder
Re: Get path to a chosen folder
- Subject: Re: Get path to a chosen folder
- From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 21:31:23 +0000
This from Mr Tea - dated 26-11-02 7.00 pm:
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An approach that doesn't use the Finder is to see if you get an error with
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the line 'alias mainFile' but that's kinda kludgy and a lot less flexible.
...earned this response from Paul Berkowitz - dated 26-11-02 7.30 pm:
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It's not any sort of kludge, but is precise and accurate. it can even be made
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to be "flexible" by adding more code in the 'on error' statement, it can check
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for error messages and numbers, etc. You shouldn't malign it, Nick.
Well, ex-ka-yooze me! Sack-cloth and ashes ahoy!
Something like this always happens when I try to sound like I know what I'm
talking about. Running this a few times should sort me out...
repeat 500 times
try
nick's reply_to_post
on error
display dialog "A trapped error is not a kludge." giving up after 1
end try
end repeat
Regards
Mr Tea
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