Re: Finder open ... using...
Re: Finder open ... using...
- Subject: Re: Finder open ... using...
- From: "J. Stewart" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:07:29 -0500
On 12/28/06 at +0100 Tomas Larsson said this
>Hi!
>
>I have a problem with open ... using ... when scripting the Finder.
>I have created a folder action that opens the files that are added to
>the folder in a certain application
>
>This is what I've got:
>
>on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
> set the_application to choose application as alias
> tell application "Finder"
> open these_items using the_application
> end tell
>end adding folder items to
>
>This works fine, but I want to open the files in a specific
>application, called Simpletag.
>Is there a way of doing that without knowing the exact path to where
>Simpletag is installed?
Using TextEdit since I don't have Simpletag:
set f to choose file of type "TEXT"
tell application "Finder"
set a to application file id "com.apple.TextEdit"
open f using a
end tell
It uses the CFbundleIdentifier from the TextEdit's info.plist inside the application's package. It seems to work just as well with the app's CFBundleSignature ("ttxt") or Creator type (also "ttxt") if available.
JBS
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