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Re: alias file types
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Re: alias file types


  • Subject: Re: alias file types
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 01:22:38 +0000

Paul Skinner wrote:

Aliases don't seam to have a creator type or file type and also they
aren't sure what class they are. Here the finder says it's a class
'alias' but the alias says 'disk'.

set f to alias "titan:"
tell application "Finder"
{class of f, class of (get (properties of f))}
end tell
-->{alias, disk}

AppleScript and Finder are both working correctly, but I think you've misunderstood how they operate. An alias is an AppleScript object. If you want to manipulate a Finder object, make one:

set anAlias to alias "titan:"
get anAlias --> alias "titan:"
get class of anAlias --> alias

tell application "Finder"
set finderObjectRef to item anAlias
get finderObjectRef --> disk "titan" of application "Finder"
get class of finderObjectRef --> disk
end tell


What I want is to be able to tell LaunchBar[1] to open aliases.

Perhaps you mean "alias files", created with the Finder's File>Make Alias menu option? These are represented by Finder objects which are not related to AppleScript aliases.

has
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