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Re: Using the 'Create Archive' - File Menu Command
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Re: Using the 'Create Archive' - File Menu Command


  • Subject: Re: Using the 'Create Archive' - File Menu Command
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:44:20 -0500

zip archives are created and opened by the application "BOMArchiveHelper" located in the folder startupdisk/System/Library/ CoreServices/. It has no dictionary, so it's not scriptable, but it does respond correctly to drag & drop.

You may be able to pass an archive/file/folder to it with something like ...

-- set bomAppl to an alias to the application "BOMArchiveHelper"
-- set itemRef to an alias to the file/folder you want to archive or un-archive
tell application "Finder"
open itemRef using bomAppl
end tell


Let us know if this works.

On Apr 24, 2007, at 9:47 AM, revDAVE wrote:

On Tiger 10.4.9...

I know in Tiger - under the file menu - that there is a 'create archive'
command - where you can .zip what ever folder is currently highlighted...



Assuming my desired folder =

set target of Finder window 1 to folder "thisOne" of disk "myDisk"

... Is there a way to get AppleScript to trigger the 'create archive'
command and .zip this folder?




-- Thanks - RevDave email@hidden [db-lists]



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