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That fails on some empty folder windows that have only three words like "753.03 GB available"

So I added;

try

set countOfItemsInWindow to (word -5 of result) as integer

on error

set countOfItemsInWindow to 0 -- empty window

end try

On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Nigel Garvey wrote:

Robert Poland wrote on Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:34:59 -0600:

[Re: reading the number of items displayed in a list view Finder window
from the status bar, when the status message is different if items are
selected.]

NG,

Here's my cure for that issue;

tell application "Finder"
select {} -- deselect choice(s)
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Finder"
tell window 1
-- Group 1 test for 10.4.11.
if (group 1 exists) then
name of static text 1 of group 1
else
name of static text 1
end if
(word 1 of result) as integer
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell

Mine would be to change 'word 1' to 'word -5'. ;)

But I still prefer my earlier script, which counts the display rows and
is therefore message-independent.

NG

Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO

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