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Re: Another script to analyize, please
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Re: Another script to analyize, please


  • Subject: Re: Another script to analyize, please
  • From: Deivy Petrescu <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 15:14:00 -0500

At 8:53 AM -0700 12/4/03, Michelle Steiner wrote:
set docpath to choose file name
set thedoc to open for access docpath with write permission
close access thedoc
tell application "Finder"
set file type of file docpath to "GIFf"
set the file creator of file docpath to "GKON"

end tell

If I leave out "file" in setting the file type or file creator, I get a stack overflow, but with the word file there, the log shows

set file type of file (file "Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:untitled") to "GIFf"
"GIFf"
set file creator of file (file "Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:untitled") to "GKON"

It seems to me that "file" is redundant.

Further, although file type works, when the script reaches the file creator line, it throws this error:

"Finder got an error: Can't set file creator of file (file \"Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:untitled\") to \"GKON\"."

Oh, I was trying to change file type and creator as an experiment; I realize that I can't convert a text document to a GIF quite so easily.



Michelle;
This works as you want:

set docpath to choose file

tell application "Finder"
set file type of docpath to "GIFf"
set the creator type of docpath to "GKON"
end tell


Regards
Saudagues

Deivy
http://www.dicas.com
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