>On 7/10/09, RJay Hansen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  I've been working on a script to copy tiff files from our RIPs to our
>>  Platesetters. I've got it working correctly with a "choose folder"
>>  command, but I want to add an option to choose multiple files rather than
>>  just a folder of files. The problem I'm having with this is that as soon
>>  as you select the first file, the Finder temporarily locks up while it
>>  works on drawing a preview of the tiff file. These are huge 1-bit tiff
>>  files and it's taking a good 30+ seconds to show the preview before the
>>  user can select the rest of the files and let the script continue.
>>
>>  Is it possible to disable the preview so the user can choose the files
>>  they need without waiting for a preview they don't need to be displayed?
>
>Only if they've elected to open a Finder window, selected hit CMD+J, cylcled
>through the three views (icon, list, and column), deselected Show icon preview
>in each view, and clicked on Use as Defaults for their favored view. I use
>Always open in list view, with Show icon view deselected, as the default for
>all Finder windows.

If you don't want all the information in a Finder window, just use 
"choose from list:"

set imgFolder to choose folder
set imgList to list folder imgFolder
set filestoCopy to choose from list imgList with multiple selections allowed
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Bill Steele
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