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Re: Simple Finder script erroring out getting path to desktop
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"Peter J. Hartmann" <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:36:14 +0200
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tell application "Finder"
	set theDesktop to (path to desktop folder) as Unicode text
end tell

Am 23.10.2007 um 04:00 schrieb MACSCRPT automatic digest system:

>     I get an AppleScript Runtime Error when trying this simple  
> code. I am
> copying it from known working tutorial scripts, thinking that my  
> syntax was
> off in my project. It makes my head hurt when simple does not work.  
> Am I
> doing something wrong?
>
> tell application "Finder"
>     set theDesktop to path to desktop as Unicode text
> end tell
>
> Finder got an error: Can't make desktop into type constant.


___ Peter Hartmann ________

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