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