Re: Getting a list of applications
Re: Getting a list of applications
- Subject: Re: Getting a list of applications
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:55:27 -0800
On 1/31/03 10:04 PM, "Jeffrey Mattox" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I want to display a list of applications for my user to choose from.
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An open-panel shows all files, even non-applications.
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Is there a way to generate a list containing just the applications of
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the startup volume? I've tried variations of this with no luck:
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tell application "Finder"
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set theApps to (every item whose file type is "APPL")
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of every folder of startup disk
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end tell
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Searching the entire volume is likely to be slow, so this may be
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impractical, even if it worked.
Try
choose application -- as alias
--
Paul Berkowitz
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