Re: displayed name of a process
Re: displayed name of a process
- Subject: Re: displayed name of a process
- From: CYB <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:20:15 -0600
- Thread-topic: displayed name of a process
Yvan, I have this results under 10.5.2
tell application "Finder"
set ap to selection as alias
set dn to displayed name of ap
end tell
With the Finder preferences set to not display extensions --> Automator
If I checked "Show all file extensions" --> Automator.app
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> From: KOENIG Yvan <email@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:11:21 +0100
> To: Applescript Users <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: displayed name of a process
>
>
> Le 24 mars 2008 à 16:55, Michelle Steiner a écrit :
>> On Mar 24, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running 10.5.2 and can't duplicate your problem. It works the
>>> same for me as in 10.4.
>>
>>
>> Whoops. I missed the part about Application in Yvan's original
>> message. Yes, I can duplicate his results with an application's icon.
>>
>> However, in the Finder's Get Info window for an application, "Hide
>> extension" is checked and inactive so it can't be unchecked. I
>> think the bug in Applescript is that "set extension hidden to
>> false" should return an error instead of failing silently when
>> applied to an application.
>>
>>
>
> It seems that I was not clear enough.
>
> I was asking about the property displayed name of an application
> Process.
>
> tell application "System Events" to get displayed name of application
> processes.
>
> Under 10.4, if the Finder is set to displa the name extension the
> result is:
>
> tell application "System Events"
> get displayed name of every application process
> {"loginwindow.app", "WacomTabletDriver.app", "Dock.app",
> "TabletDriver.app", "SystemUIServer.app", "Finder.app",
> "Sidekick.app", "StuffItAVRDaemon.app", "UniversalAccess.app",
> "SMARTReporter.app", "MenuShade.app", "iStat menus Helper.app",
> "System Events.app", "Shades.app", "alertEbay.app", "Mail.app",
> "Safari.app", "Aperçu.app", "TextEdit.app", "Pages.app", "Éditeur de
> scripts.app", "Numbers.app", "Address Book.app", "PagesAnglais.app",
> "ImageWell.app"}
> end tell
>
>
> If the Finder is set to "don't display" the name extension, the
> result is:
>
> tell application "System Events"
> get displayed name of every application process
> {"loginwindow", "WacomTabletDriver", "Dock", "TabletDriver",
> "SystemUIServer", "Finder", "Sidekick", "StuffItAVRDaemon",
> "UniversalAccess", "SMARTReporter", "MenuShade", "iStat menus
> Helper", "System Events", "Shades", "alertEbay", "Mail", "Safari",
> "Aperçu", "TextEdit", "Pages", "Éditeur de scripts", "Numbers",
> "Address Book", "PagesAnglais", "ImageWell"}
> end tell
>
>
> And under 10.5 I always get the names without the extension.
>
> Yvan KOENIG
>
>
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