Re: tell app, name in string var
Re: tell app, name in string var
- Subject: Re: tell app, name in string var
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 09:39:35 +1000
- Thread-topic: tell app, name in string var
On 28/5/11 6:58 AM, "Thomas Fischer" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> the Finder is the authority for the existence of files
>>
>> What makes you say that?
>
> Because the Finder knows if a file exists
Perhaps this is a linguistic fine point, but the Finder might be "an"
authority -- it's certainly not "the" authority. In fact, for something like
this, it's a poor choice. It's slow and unreliable, and the idea of System
Events was to replace the Finder for this sort of thing.
The AppleScript team has frowned on using "alias <someHFSPath>" in a try
block, but it's solid and quick. The shell command test might be another
alternative.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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