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to store any properties or values that it uses.

Here's the handler I use ...

on makeNewPlistFile(folderAlias, filename, initialRecord)

try

return ((folderAlias as text) & filename & ".plist") as alias -- the file already exists

end try

set newFileName to (folderAlias as text) & filename

tell application "System Events"

make new property list item with properties {kind:record, value:initialRecord}

make new property list file with properties {contents:the result, name:newFileName}

set newFileName to (path of the result)

end tell

return (newFileName as alias)

end makeNewPlistFile --------------------------------------------------------------------

I can read a value from this file, for example ...

tell application "System Events"

set mailAccountsList to (value of property list item "MailAccounts" of property list file (prefsPath as text))

end tell

and I can write a new value with ...

tell application "System Events"

set value of property list item "MailAccounts" of property list file (prefsPath as text) to mailAccountsList

end tell

I am currently using this with Mac OS 10.7.5 and I have another version that works with 10.8.

In which version of the Mac OX will this method no longer work ?

References:
	>Propeties don't persist from run to run in applet. What are my alternatives? (From: edmund ronald <email@hidden>)