Re: Simple Syntax Question...
Re: Simple Syntax Question...
- Subject: Re: Simple Syntax Question...
- From: Don Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:20:59 -0500
Thanks Ed,
That works perfectly. I tried to avoid the verbose file reference but
that was another mistake I was making and found that I was able to
"fix" it by using that file reference.
Thanks for the code example for me to compare what I did to something
that works.
Don
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On Aug 3, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Ed Stockly wrote:
...but not for me, apparently. I am trying to check a known,
specific directory for folders that contain only one directory.
When those directories are found they are to be labeled "RED" so
that they can subsequently be manually checked and deleted.
You're on the right track.
Here's how I would handle this:
tell application "Finder"
set checkFolder to folder "MBPro:Users:donmini:Desktop:Test
Directory:"
repeat with a from 1 to (count of items of checkFolder)
if (count of items of (item a of checkFolder)) = 1 then
set label index of item a of checkFolder to 2
end if
end repeat
end tell
I avoid this method of file reference:
folder "Test Directory" of folder "Desktop" of folder "donmini" of
folder "Users" of disk "MBPro"
I find this much easier to work with:
folder "MBPro:Users:donmini:Desktop:Test Directory"
To get the finder to return the simpler file reference coerce it to
text:
testFolder as text
Also, simply asking appleScript for the count of the folder won't
work.
In my version those commands are included in the Finder tell and the
Finder gets a list of items in the folder and appleScript counts the
items in the list. (I added some optional parens () in the script to
better illustrate what's happening)
It should be simple but I obviously have my syntax all fouled up.
Can someone provide some insight into what I'm missing or doing
wrong?
Once you get the hang of it, it is pretty simple, but even
AppleScript has a learning curve!
HTH,
ES
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