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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:05:35 -0700
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Re: Simple Finder script erroring out getting path to desktop
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Brian Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Levon Spradlin wrote:

> I get an AppleScript Runtime Error when trying this simple code.
>
> tell application "Finder"
>    set theDesktop to path to desktop as Unicode text
> end tell

You can also do this by pulling

   set theDesktop to path to desktop as Unicode text

OUTSIDE of the Finder tell block.

    -B.Johnson, Dept of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle

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