Apple

On Jan 26, 2012, at 09:37, Barry Fass-Holmes wrote:

The following script, which is intended to copy a selected item's icon (folder or file) and is based upon the script at http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20091111215845472, returns an error.

set newIcon to selection as alias
tell application "Finder"
activate
set infoWindow to open information window of newIcon
set infoWindowName to name of infoWindow
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Finder"
tell window infoWindowName
keystroke tab
delay 1
keystroke "c" using command down
close infoWindow
end tell
end tell
end tell

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Hey Barry,

In the above script 'selection' is useless. You're telling Applescript to get the 'selection', and although it compiles it doesn't know what you're talking about. 'selection' in this case is a property of the Finder.

Here's a working version of the script above along with some error-checking:

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try

tell application "Finder"

activate

set theFile to selection as alias list

if length of theFile = 1 then

set theFile to item 1 of theFile

set infoWindow to open information window of theFile

set infoWindowName to name of infoWindow

tell application "System Events"

tell application process "Finder"

tell window infoWindowName

keystroke tab

delay 0.1

keystroke "c" using command down

end tell

close infoWindow

else

error "Something is wrong with the selection!"

end if

end tell

on error errMsg number errNum

set {cr, sep} to {return, "------------------------------------------"}

set e to sep & cr & "Error: " & errMsg & cr & sep & cr & "Error Number: " & errNum & cr & sep

beep

display dialog e

end try

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Best Regards,

Chris