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Re: cocoa interact with finder
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Re: cocoa interact with finder


  • Subject: Re: cocoa interact with finder
  • From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:56:47 +0000

Well, what I think you're after is actually ridiculously easy to do! Simply open up script editor and type in:

tell application "Finder"
	return POSIX path of (selection as string)
end tell

And save that as a script file. Set it up as a resource in your app and use NSAppleScript to run it. The result returned should be an NSString of the full path to the selected file or folder. It may need some tweaking to cope with multiple files though.

Mike.

On 20 Jan 2006, at 14:07, Raphael wrote:

Hi,
thanks for the answer.
But I have no idea about apple script.
I have hope their will be a way through cocoa or carbon.

OK i think I start learning apple script.

Thank you & regard
raphael

Am 20.01.2006 um 14:58 schrieb Mike Abdullah:

Yes, an applescript that gets the path of the selected file of the frontmost window of the Finder is pretty easy to write. Using NSAppleScript to run that script and get the result from it is pretty easy as well.

Mike.

On 20 Jan 2006, at 11:26, Camillo Lugaresi wrote:

On 20/gen/06, at 08:42, Raphael wrote:

Hi,
is it possible to get from a cocoa application the selected finder file or folder?
I mean, if the finder has only select a file (not open it) can I see the file path string in a cocoa
application?

You can use AppleEvents or an AppleScript (which uses AEs under the hood). The latter is probably easier.


Camillo
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