How open Folders and other do other things but didn't know how to

[Andrew Pavey]

I don't go for all that black arts stuff in Applescript.

on MAC OS X there is a hidden file in every folder called .DS_Store 
(files starting with a period are hidden by the Finder), so to open a 
folder as opposed to opening a file or revealing a file I use this:

Calculate %%LOCATION as con(%%FLDR,".DS_Store")
Send Finder event {Reveal Files (%%LOCATION)}


Andrew Pavey

At 8:52 AM +0100 16/7/13, Mike Matthews wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>In Studio there are a few Finder commands, for Mac of course.  Even 
>worse though, they appear to be for OS9 and not OSX.  So you can't 
>do a GetInfo anymore.
>
>What I was looking for was a way to open a folder that had a known 
>file and full path in it, i.e., reveal in Finder it is called in 
>iPhoto and such like.  And then how to do the same in Windows.
>
>I know how to run a file, but how to open the GetInfo/Properties 
>window, and open a folder window in both OSX and Windows?
>
>Thanks
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>
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