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Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
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Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file


  • Subject: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file
  • From: Johnny AppleScript <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:21:49 -0600
  • Thread-topic: Is: Setting File & Creator Type access error; Was: Re: changing the "open with application" value for a file

Hi Everyone,

Buddy of mine asked me a question I can't recall the answer to; wondered if
you fine folks could shed some light.


-- Why does this work:

tell application "Finder"
    set my_file to choose file
    set file type of my_file to "THIS "
    set creator type of my_file to "that"
end tell
-- >  ³that²

-- And this works:

tell application "Finder"
    set my_file to choose file
    set {f, c} to {file type, creator type} of my_file
end tell
-- > {³THIS², ³that²}

-- And this does not:

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.

-- Nor does this:

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.

Nothing serious, but why does it take four lines of code to do what should
be done in one?

Thanks in advance.

JA




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