>>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 > -- Thanks for the answers. Most of this would involve three specific folders so setting the Finder view on those windows wouldn't be a big deal. I may try the choose from list idea though to see how it works. RJay