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Re: name of the current desktop picture
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Re: name of the current desktop picture


  • Subject: Re: name of the current desktop picture
  • From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 10:42:52 -0600

On May 11, 2014, at 10:33:AM, koenig.yvan <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> Le 11/05/2014 à 18:15, Luther Fuller <email@hidden> a écrit :
>
>> On May 11, 2014, at 9:23 AM, Robert Poland wrote:
>>
>>> I want th find the name of the current desktop picture.
>>
>> Do these two lines of code give you anything useful ...
>>
>> 	tell application "System Events" to (picture of current desktop) as alias
>> 	tell application "Finder" to name of the result
>>
>> The only problem I see is that the name is returned with the file extension.
>
> Good point Luther.
> The extension is not a problem as Robert asked for it in its late message (the extension is not available in the GUI).
> Here is an edited version written because I don't see the need to speak to the Finder.
> I defined two variables so the full pathname will be already available when Robert will ask for it ;-)
>
> tell application "System Events"
> 	set backGroundPath to (picture of current desktop) # returns an Unix path
> 	set backGroundName to name of disk item result
> end tell
>
> Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 11 mai 2014 18:32:15

Works and avoids the Sandbox issues.


Robert Poland
Fort Collins CO


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