Mark: Thanks for the info. R, John A.M. Darnell Project Leader Internal Software Development Walsworth Publishing Company John may also be reached at johnamdarnell (at) gmail dot com Trivia question: The United Space Ship Enterprise's second captain was James T. Kirk. Who was her first captain? Extra credit: What does the "T" in Kirk's name stand for? Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]> 10/24/2006 03:18 PM Please respond to Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Re: Building a droplet from an applet On Oct 24, 2006, at 3:42 PM, John A.M. Darnell wrote: > It works great. The files, whose type and creator fields are blank > because they were transferred via UNIX server from a Windows box to > a Mac > box are able to function as expected after I run this little task. > > If, however, I convert it to this: > > on open (FolderSpec) > set FileList to files in FolderSpec > repeat with x in FileList > tell application "Finder" > set creator type of x to "CARO" > set file type of x to "PDF " > end tell > > end repeat > end open > > and then drop a folder full of files on it, nothing happens. If I > inspect FolderSpec, it is the path to the folder dropped on the > icon. If > I query the size of the list before I attempt processing, I get 0. > If I > get rid of the "set FileList to files..." line, I get all sorts of > errors > when I attempt setting creator or file type. > > What's so radically different about these two approaches? One > would think > that they should operate pretty much the same. > Its what you start with. The open gives you an alias list. You appear to come in with a finder folder. This is a tweaked version of yours on open (FolderSpec) if (count FolderSpec) = 1 then set FolderSpec to item1 of FolderSpec --get the first item may want to add rules to handle getting more than one item tell application "Finder" --moved up since AppleScript doesn't understand folders set FileList to files in folder FolderSpec repeat with x in FileList set creator type of x to "CARO" set file type of x to "PDF " end repeat end tell end open open ({choose folder}) --useful for testing or double clicking ----- my version with recursion, but still no flair on RecursiveChangeRoutine(FolderSpec) repeat with x in FolderSpec log x tell application "Finder" set x to item x if class of x = folder then my RecursiveChangeRoutine(every item of x as alias list) else -- may want to put in an else if to handle things which aren't files or folders.... set creator type of x to "CARO" set file type of x to "PDF " end if end tell end repeat end RecursiveChangeRoutine on open FolderSpec RecursiveChangeRoutine(FolderSpec) end open open (choose folder) -Mark Bring me my velcro gloves, I'm in the mood for love! Captain Pike Tiberius