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Re: Getting label from a record (solution)
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Re: Getting label from a record (solution)


  • Subject: Re: Getting label from a record (solution)
  • From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:10:48 +0000

Christopher Nebel wrote on Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:53:41 -0800:

>Not to dampen your spirits, since some of you seem to having a lot of
>fun with this (for some definition of "fun"), but when AppleScript
>doesn't provide a straightforward way to do something, you should
>consider an alternate technique, if possible.
>
>In this case, think about why you need to get the labels of a record.
>Is it absolutely necessary to start with a record? If the answer is
>"yes", because, say, you're getting it from somewhere else that you
>don't control, then you're more or less stuck for it.

I did think of suggesting reading the application's dictionary entry for
'document', but I decided to assume the poster knew what he was doing. ;-)

NG
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