Il giorno 20/gen/2011, alle ore 15.48, Mark J. Reed ha scritto: > > No, it will absolutely work for a file with multiple periods in the > name, which is why I did "text items 1 through -2" instead of just > "text item 1". > > set text item delimiters to "." > text items 1 through -2 of "foo.x.y" > > That returns "foo.x" - the same result you get from the other > approach, since the name extension of "foo.x.y" is "y", not "x.y". Oh my, applescript syntax always makes me feel 'inadequate' At this point any advice on a exhaustive and up-to-date book on applescript ? evidently my old AS book (AS in a nutshell) isn't enough anymore, and I'm getting a bit frustrated of looking up the internet for script samples that make me discover a new kind of programming every week... Thank you Regards Claudio Braga ********************** Brescia - Cuneo [log in to unmask] **********************