On 10/24/07, Richard Morton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 24/10/2007, at 9:21 AM, John Baltutis wrote:
>
>> On 10/22/07,  Levon Spradlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 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. AmI 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.
>>
>> Wrong app. Try:
>>
>> tell application "System Events"
>> 	set x to path to desktop as Unicode text
>> end tell
>
> Actually, it works fine to tell Finder as long as the correct syntax
> is used:

Thanks for clarifying, as did the others who responded. I only ran it with
System Events, didn't get any errors, and posted my findings. Nice to know
there are alternatives.

> tell application "Finder"
> 	set theDesktop to the desktop as Unicode text
> end tell
>
> The problem is that "path to" is a Standard Additions command and the
> term "desktop" is defined by both Finder and the OSAX.  In a "System
> Events" tell there is no conflict.
>
> This also works without any app tell:
>
> path to desktop as Unicode text