Re: ongoing Senior moments
Re: ongoing Senior moments
- Subject: Re: ongoing Senior moments
- From: Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 20:37:52 +0100
> Le 09/11/2014 à 20:03, Robert Poland <email@hidden> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> This script snippet confounds me;
>
> tell application "Finder"
> set theFolder to "" & "~/Pictures/APOD ƒ/"
> set theFolder to (choose file default location alias the folder
> end tell
>
> I keep getting error; Expected “,” but found end of line.
> Using "~/Pictures/APOD ƒ/“ in place of theFolder doesn’t help.
> After restarting Smile I get the error “file Alias "~/Pictures:APOD ƒ/“ of <<script>> wasn’t found.
>
> using;
> set theFolder to choose file default location alias "Macintosh HD:Users:rpoland:Pictures:APOD ƒ”
> Works, but I want it to be independent pf which machine it’s on.
>
> The goal is to do a choose folder with a default.
>
>
> Robert Poland
> Fort Collins CO
Hello Robert
It seems that you forgot that the Finder doesn't understand Unix pathnames.
If you want something working try to use :
# use a function from the OSAX Standard Additions
set theFolder to (path to home folder as text)&"Pictures:APOD ƒ:"
# use a function from the OSAX Standard Additions
set theFolder to (choose file default location alias the folder)
# If my memory is right, theFolder will be a list of one alias
# so it would be useful to add
set theFolder to item 1 of theFolder
Speaking to the Finder in your code is absolutely useless.
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 9 novembre 2014 20:34:48
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