Re: Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection

Subject: Re: Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection
From: Thomas Fischer <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 12:32:28 +0200

Hello,

I find this interesting.

1. Just curious: Is there something like a command "get selected Finder items"?

I would (have to?) take

tell application "Finder" to set myList to get selection as text

2. I would try to use the contains/contained in operator:

if myTest is not in myList then

display dialog myTest & " is missing!"

else

# do your stuff

end if

3. It is not completely obvious to me how to define myTest for this purpose.

set myPrompt to "Where is the file 'info.xml?'"

tell application "Finder" to set myTest to (choose file with prompt myPrompt) as text

seems to do the job and would be easy if the file remains unchanged, but unpractical for arbitrary selections.

4. In that case, I would suggest something along the following lines:

set myTest to "info.xml" & return

tell application "Finder" to set myList to the selection as text

set the text item delimiters to return

if myTest is not in (myList as string) & return then

display dialog myTest & " is missing!"

else

# do your stuff

end if

All the best

Thomas

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References:
	>Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection (From: "Jens" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection (From: "Jens" <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Confirming that a file is part of a Finder selection (From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>)

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