OT -- AppleScript Help

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Wed Oct 28 20:47:53 EDT 2009


Doesn't my solution work?

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On Oct 29, 2009, at 1:45 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote:

> Bruce Robertson wrote:
>> It is best practice to eliminate tell statements where they are not  
>> required.
>>
>> Finder is not necessary for this command.
>>
>> choose folder
>> set f to result
>
> It does not affect anything: result is the same with or without  
> "tell" on a folder selection
>
> alias "Varuna:Ekadanta Kulam:Database:EMBs:733:"
>
> then an attempt
>
> tell application "Finder"
> open alias "Varuna:Ekadanta Kulam:Database:EMBs:733:"
> end tell
>
> fails: result: "missing value"
>
> Oddly though, "reveal" works....
>
> tell application "Finder"
>   reveal alias "Varuna:Ekadanta Kulam:Database:EMBs:733:"
> end tell
>
> why not "open"  ??
>
>
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