Re: trivial Finder path problem

Subject: Re: trivial Finder path problem
From: Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 11:06:14 +0100

Le 10 déc. 2016 à 22:37, Christopher Stone <email@hidden> a écrit :

On Dec 10, 2016, at 07:47, Yvan KOENIG <email@hidden> wrote:
but
tell application "Finder" to get (POSIX file ("/System/Library/Fonts/" & "Menlo.ttc")) as alias behaves flawlessly.

Hey Yvan,

Thanks. I'd forgotten that little gimmick.

Running in the Script Editor with the Log History window open I get:

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tell application "Finder"
get POSIX file "/System/Library/Fonts/Menlo.ttc"
--> error number -1728 from POSIX file "/System/Library/Fonts/Menlo.ttc"
end tell
Result:
alias "Mercury:System:Library:Fonts:Menlo.ttc"
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-1728 → The referenced object doesn’t exist. This is a run-time resolution error, such as when attempting to reference a third object when only two objects exist.

You get - me too - the non fatal error issued each time we use an OSAX feature in a tell application block.

POSIX file ("/System/Library/Fonts/" & "Menlo.ttc")

tell application "Finder" to result as alias

get rid of this non fatal error.

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set thePath to "~/Downloads" -- $HOME-based POSIX Path.
set myAlias1 to makeAliasFromPathString(thePath)

set thePath to "/Users/chris/Downloads" -- POSIX Path
set myAlias2 to makeAliasFromPathString(thePath)

set thePath to (path to downloads folder as text) -- HFS Path
set myAlias3 to makeAliasFromPathString(thePath)

on makeAliasFromPathString(thePath) -- Input: POSIX-Path, Tilde-Path, or HFS-Path
tell application "System Events" to set thePath to POSIX path of disk item thePath
return (POSIX file thePath) as alias
end makeAliasFromPathString
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In fact, the handler is only needed for $HOME based path

set thePath to "/Users/chris/Downloads" -- POSIX Path

set myAlias2 to (POSIX file thePath) as alias

set thePath to (path to downloads folder as text) -- HFS Path

set myAlias3 to thePath as alias

or shorter and more efficient

set myAlias3 to path to downloads folder -- which is an alias

Yvan KOENIG running Sierra 10.12.1 in French (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 11 décembre 2016 11:05:57

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