Am I missing something obvious here (probably)?-- set tiffFolder to choose folder tell application "Finder" set fileList to every file of tiffFolder end tell returns a list of the files in the chosen folder in the form of: {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 an abbreviated list for purposes of this email) But...if I copy that list and try to say: 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"} It won't compile...instead giving the error: Expected "," or "}" but found ". and it highlights the open quote of the first folder in the first item of the list. I get the same thing in Smile or in Script Editor. What am I not understanding here? thanks, RJay