On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:06 PM, RJay Hansen wrote: > set myList to {document file "12266_Aviator.psG01.TIF" of folder > "12266_Aviator" of folder "Hold for V30" of disk "prepress" of > application > "Finder", document file "12266_Aviator.psG00.TIF" of folder > "12266_Aviator" of folder "Hold for V30" of disk "prepress" of > application > "Finder"} This is a list of finder objects. Which makes sense inside of a Finder tell block. if you had said tell application "Finder" set fileList to every file of tiffFolder as alias list end tell you would have received. {alias "prepress:Hold for V30:12266_Aviator:12266_Aviator.psG01.TIF", alias"prepress:Hold for V30:12266_Aviator:12266_Aviator.psG01.TIF"} which compiles. -Mark Who is ready to go on vacation.