Re: error -1700
Re: error -1700
- Subject: Re: error -1700
- From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:10:15 -0700
On Nov 11, 2012, at 8:09 AM, "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Le 11/11/2012 à 15:19, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :
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>> On Nov 11, 2012, at 1:52 AM, "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Le 11/11/2012 à 00:06, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :
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>>> (1) As always, I recall that info for is deprecated.
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>> That's why I switched to "file information"
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> I guessed that but you replaced a deprecated function by one which doesn't exist.
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> Standard Additions dictionary is clear :
> info for v : Return information for a file or folder
> info for file : an alias or file reference to the file or folder
> [size boolean] : Return the size of the file or folder? (default is true)
> → file information : a record containing the information for the specified file or folder
> This command is deprecated; use ‘tell application "System Events" to get the properties of …’.
> file information n : Reply record for the ‘info for’ command
> file information is not a function which we may trigger, it's just the designation of the record returned by info for.
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>>> (2) I don't understand why you use a loop to work only upon the second item of the list of names returned by list folder
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>> The "2" was for testing, "i" would normally be used.
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> OK, now it's clear
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>>> (3) Why are you asking list folder to return the name of invisible items as you are skipping this invisible item later ?
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>>> (4) To get the pathname of an item we must use path of, not path to which is dedicated by Standard Additions to a well defined list of items.
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>> Recommended change from list.
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> I don't understand what you wrote.
This was from James Yost <email@hidden>
And rewrite this bit to process aliases:
set this_info to name of item (file information of file (path to the_item))
set this_info to this_info as string
>>> (5) I don't know which tool is targetted by "file information".
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>> I discovered this error and include it in "Finder"
>> Thanks for reminding me to move it to "System Events".
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> As I wrote above, "file information" is not a function, it's the designation of the record returned by info for.
> I made the same error several times. The late one was with a feature of TextWrangler ;-(
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>>> It's not the Finder , Standard Additions or System Events.
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>>> (6) I After correction, path of the_item fails because the_item is a name, noth a reference to a file/folder.
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>> Makes sense.
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>>> Here is you script after required changes :
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>> Here's the script after my changes :
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>> tell application "Finder"
>> activate
>> set winTarget to target of front window as text
>> end tell
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>> tell application "System Events"
>> set the_items to path of disk items of folder winTarget -- by default, System Events see invisibles
>> repeat with i from 1 to number of items in the the_items
>> set the_item to item i of the_items
>> name of disk item the_item
>> display dialog "" & "the_item = " & the_item & return & return & "this_info = " & result
>> end repeat
>> end tell
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> As you have no real use for the index i, it may be enhanced:
I may have to unremember 47 years of computing habits for this one.
> tell application "Finder"
> activate
> set winTarget to target of front window as text
> end tell
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> tell application "System Events"
> set the_items to path of disk items of folder winTarget -- by default, System Events see invisibles
> repeat with the_item in the the_items
> name of disk item the_item
> display dialog "" & "the_item = " & the_item & return & return & "this_info = " & result
> end repeat
> end tell
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> As you saw, I took an habit (I don't know if it’s a good one) : when it's possible, un don't use custom variable names but use the property 'result' :
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> result
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> When a statement is executed, AppleScript stores the resulting value, if any, in the predefined property result. The value remains there until another statement is executed that generates a value. Until a statement that yields a result is executed, the value of result is undefined. You can examine the result in Script Editor by looking in the Result pane of the script window.
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> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 11 novembre 2012 16:00:37
Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO
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