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Re: OS 9 or Classic, that's the question :-)
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Re: OS 9 or Classic, that's the question :-)


  • Subject: Re: OS 9 or Classic, that's the question :-)
  • From: kai <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 20:01:08 +0000

on Wed, 29 Oct 2003 03:05:34 -0800, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:

> OK, I just thought up a new method:
>
> tell app "Finder" to set OS9 to (application file id "MACS" as alias as
string) does not end with ":"
>
> Howzzat? :-D

I'm not sure the 'as alias' is needed, boo - but I still can't seem to get
the above to work in OS 9.1 or 9.2.1. There's even a problem here with a
simpler form:

tell application "Finder" to get application file id "MACS"

--> Finder got an error: Can't get application file id "MACS".

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on Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:35:51 +0100, Michael Slomski wrote:

>> tell app "Finder" to set OS9 to (get version)'s word - 1's item 2 is "."
>
> Interesting, with OS X 10.3 it will return false.

Correct, Michael. (OS9 is not OS X.)

> I will check it later, what it will return with OS 9 (no classic)

It should return true (as it does here).

However, in spite of my code-shortening example, I personally favour the
Finder/[computer/system attribute]/"sysv" approach for this type of
situation - as suggested by Richard Morton and Nigel Garvey.

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on Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:47:53 +0000, Nigel Garvey wrote:

> Perhaps a more accurate name for 'isOS9' would be 'isNotOS10'. :-)

Good point, Nigel. :-)

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kai
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