Re: Delete
Re: Delete
- Subject: Re: Delete
- From: André Renault <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:39:09 -0400
System Events does not accept alias. Suffix "as string", like this:
tell app "System Events" to delete (alias "A:K:A:" as string)
On Aug 18, 2010, at 8:02 PM, R. Nelson Byrne wrote:
> Here's my script:
>
> alias "Hard Time:Desktop Folder:DATAFILE.pdf" returning aFile
> tell application "Finder" to get size of aFile
> tell application "System Events" to delete aFile
>
>
> When I run it, the log shows:
>
> tell application "Finder"
> get size of alias "Hard Time:Desktop Folder:DATAFILE.pdf"
> 156269
> end tell
> tell application "System Events"
> delete alias "Hard Time:Desktop Folder:DATAFILE.pdf"
> "System Events got an error: Can’t make alias \"Hard Time:Desktop Folder:DATAFILE.pdf\" into type reference."
>
>
> Why can't I delete this file (which I know exists, the Finder tells me so.)
>
> Regards,
>
>
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