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EUREKA!!!!

However, I had to change set file name of filePath to fileNameNew to read...

set file name of ALIAS filePath to fileNameNew

THANKS, Ed!!!!

Chuck

On Jan 30, 2010, at 2:11 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> You've gotten a few good answers, here's one more that may require less editing of your scripts that depend on Jons Commands:
> 
> 
> 
> set fileNameNew to (fileNameNew & mySuffix) as string -- new name for file
> 
> set filePath to (srcFolder & fileName) as string -- path to file to be renamed
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> tell application "Finder" to set  name of file filePath to fileNameNew
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> ES
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> On Jan 30, 2010, at 9:19am, Chuck Pelto wrote:
> 
>> Here's the latest of an hours worth of beating my head against the monitor....only to leave slobber all over it....
>> 
>> 		set fileNameNew to (fileNameNew & mySuffix) as string -- new name for file
>> 		
>> 		set filePath to (srcFolder & fileName) as string -- path to file to be renamed
>> 				
>> 		set file name of file filePath to fileNameNew
> 

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