Re: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
Re: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
- Subject: Re: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:08:25 -0700
- Thread-topic: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
On 7/1/09 1:53 AM, "Yvan KOENIG" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> tell application "Finder" to set my_file to choose file
>> tell application "Finder" to set {file type, creator type} of
>> my_file to
>> {"THIS ", "that"}
>> -- > Can¹t set {file type of alias \"[filepath]", «class fcrt» of
>> alias
>> \"[filepath]\"} to {\"THIS \", \"that\"}. Access not allowed.
>
> Under 10.4.11, System Events is more fair than Finder !
>
> set my_file to "Macintosh HD:Users:yvan_koenig:Desktop:TheSettings -
> copie.txt"
>
> tell application "System Events" to tell (disk item my_file)
> set {file type, creator type} to {"THIS ", "that"}
> end tell
>
> behaves flawlessly.
That's not System Events vs. Finder.
It's because your script *tells* the object whereas the first script just
tells the application and tries to set a list or properties 'of' the object.
That's how it works, and always has. You can only set multiple properties -
a list of properties - of an object to a list of values if you tell the
object directly. You can *get* values of a list of properties either way.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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