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Re: Can't get finder selection
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Re: Can't get finder selection


  • Subject: Re: Can't get finder selection
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:39:15 -0600

Only a folder window can have a selection. There are Finder windows that are not folder windows, for example, an Info window. The following will beep only if the front window is a folder window. If the front window is an Info window, there will be no beep.

tell application "Finder"
	try
		set frontRef to (target of front window) as alias
		beep -- do your stuff here
	on error

	end try
end tell

On Jan 21, 2008, at 9:20 AM, Robert Poland wrote:
I have a script that used to work with Tiger. Now with Leopard there are several problems. The first one is ;

When I run the script below I get the error;

Finder got an error: Can't get selection of Finder
window id 66.

Also I'm not sure if the "set x" will work as stated, can't get that far.

--******
tell application "Finder"
	if exists Finder window 1 then -- make sure there is a window
		set wdw to Finder window 1
		tell wdw
			if selection is not {} then
				set x to selection as list
			end if
		end tell
	end if
end tell
--***

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