>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 -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]