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Re: Finder Scripting
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Re: Finder Scripting


  • Subject: Re: Finder Scripting
  • From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:04:50 -0600

At 09:01 +0200 8/21/05, Emile Schwarz wrote:
I am sorry to have to report the following:

>tell application "Finder"
	set bounds of front window to {0, 44, 100, 100}
	return properties of front window
end tell
>
When run, the script does its job. BUT, close the window, open it and you get the window back to the previous location and widh/height...

A similar effect occurs when attempting to set window bounds in Terminal.app. Setting the bounds twice helps but making a loop that sets bounds then checks bounds until Terminal gets it right never fails.
--

IMHO the following script disclaims this. ???

tell application "Finder"
	set x to 0
	set a to 0
	set b to 44
	set c to 100
	set d to c
	activate
	repeat while x ‚ b
		open "iMac HD:Users:rpoland:Desktop:zz for iBook"
		set bounds of front window to {a, b, c, d}
		delay 0.5
		-- return properties of front window
		close front window
		open "iMac HD:Users:rpoland:Desktop:zz for iBook"
		set {w, x, y, z} to bounds of window 1
		close front window
	end repeat
end tell
{w, x, y, z}

--
Bob Poland - Fort Collins, CO
http://www.ibrb.org/
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