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Re: Jon's Commands
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Chris Page <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:08:54 -0700
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On Apr 29, 2008, at 19:34 PM, Stockly, Ed wrote:

> DeleteFile, yes, it deletes it, no moving to the trash and it seems  
> more reliable

System Events' delete command deletes files, by the way.

Can you elaborate on “more reliable”?

> If I'm in a Quark or Indesign tell block I prefer not calling  
> another application just to issue one or two commands.


Can you elaborate on why that is? Is it all about the textual size of  
the “tell” syntax?

-- 
Chris Page - AppleScripter

  The other, other AppleScript Chris

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