Re: recordable finder
Re: recordable finder
- Subject: Re: recordable finder
- From: Thomas Taylor <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:06:44 -0600
1) I guess I'm alittle surprised why one would go through the efforts
of making finder recordable and stop it's capabilities at just finding
the file. That's pretty sad when you say finder is recordable, but
only generates one line of code.
Finder opens files for you through normal interaction. The object
'file' 'target' (whatever you want to call it) should have a method
'open', that takes the files properties, and perform that method
AUTOMAGICALLY using that application property defined in the file.
This very simple operations should be getting easier?
2) Using that generated line of code, I tried a number of combinations
to open the file, still no luck.
3) Looked in the improved dictionary, there's alot more confusing
terms, nothing highlighting any recordable capabilities. Are the
recorded capabilities documented anywhere (please don't respond back
with: press the record button, and if you get code, it's recordable)?
I'm looking for the missing link between where the recorder stops and
the dictionary starts, and if the two actually meet.
On Oct 28, 2003, at 8:22 PM, John Stewart wrote:
On 10/28/03 at -0600 Thomas Taylor said this
I am trying to find the easiest way to open up an appleworks
spreadsheet, for data extraction.
I came across a thread, that panther's finder is recordable, so I
bit.
I also was able to create a recordable finder script:
tell application "Finder"
activate
set target of Finder window 1 to folder "Documents" of folder
"tommyt"
of folder "Users" of startup disk
thats it. It stops here, so how do I open the file that I so
desperately want to open?
the following is all on one line -
tell application "Finder" to open alias ((path to "docs" as string) &
"nameofyourfileorfoldergoeshere")
This will open a file (or folder) inside your Documents folder. If you
choose
to open a folder, make sure you put a colon after the name. If you
want to open
the file with a specific application then add the "using" parameter.
You will find the "open" and "path to" commands in the Standard
Additions osax.
John
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Thanks,
Thomas Taylor
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