Re: Locations of Desktop icons
Re: Locations of Desktop icons
- Subject: Re: Locations of Desktop icons
- From: julifos <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 10:56:00 +0200
I think this is still broken...
JJ
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Dear list,
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I'm using AppleScript to access the icon locations on the Mac OS X
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desktop. The correct syntax used to be (in Classic):
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the position of item "Example Folder" of desktop
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When I run this in OS X, however, the positions are reported for items
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in the Finder window for "Macintosh HD:Users:UserName:Desktop:", instead
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of the actual desktop.
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In other words, I still get icon positions, but they're not for the true
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desktop. They're for positions in the Finder window.
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How can I access the locations for items on the real Desktop? Is
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there another way to refer to the desktop, or perhaps another way to
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refer to
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the position of desktop items?
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I'm using X.2.3
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Thank you,
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Matt Duddy
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