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Re: Dialog simple question

Subject: Re: Dialog simple question
From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:27:39 -0700

On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:37 PM, Bernard AZANCOT wrote:

Just another newbie question.

If I write :

    set itemcount to count every item of folder theFolder_dok
    set Dialog1 to "File(s) copied : " & itemcount

Everything is OK.

Now, if I write :

    set itemcount to count every item of folder theFolder_dok
    set Dialog1 to itemcount  & " file(s) copied."

I get no dialog.
Known ?

Not just known, correct. If you look at the execution error, you'll get a major clue. The "&" operator behaves differently depending on the type of the left-hand operand: if it's text, you get a text result; if it's anything else, you get a list. (This is documented in the AppleScript Language Guide.) "Display dialog" can display text, but not a list.


--Chris Nebel
AppleScript and Automator Engineering

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