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.