Packages

[Mark Smith]

Thanks, Ken! I had tried <packages of POSIX folder...>, but it didn't  
work, of course. Can you recommend a good Applescript book? Not an  
intro to scripting, but something fairly in-depth? If not, could you  
write one?  :)

Best,

Mark

On 11 Dec 2007, at 18:54, Ken Ray wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:31:17 +0000, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>> This is great! I couldn't find this anywhere. So here's a function
>> that uses it - maybe someone has better code for converting the path
>> to applescript.
>
> Well you can have AppleScript do it for you using "as POSIX file":
>
> function thePackages pFolder
>   put "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & cr & \
>       "packages of folder (" && quote & pFolder & quote & \
>       "as POSIX file)" & cr & "end tell" into tScr
>
>   do tScr as applescript
>   put the result into tList
>   replace comma with cr in tList
>
>   repeat for each line L in tList
>     get wordoffset("file", L)
>     put word it + 1 of L & cr after tPackages
>   end repeat
>   replace quote with empty in tPackages
>   return char 1 to -2 of tPackages
> end thePackages
>
> Either way works...
>
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software, Inc.
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
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