I was wondering if there is an Applescript I can use to make all my folders viewable as lists. If anyone knows about one could you please tell me or if you know how to make it, could you either e-mail or post it for me here. Thanks.

dave007

--here yer go, save as applet
on open theList
my SetView(theList)
end open

on SetView(theViewList)
tell application "Finder"
try
repeat with theItem in theViewList
if the kind of theItem is "folder" then
open theItem
set view of theItem to name
set shows modification date of theItem to false
set shows creation date of theItem to false
set shows size of theItem to false
set shows kind of theItem to false
set shows label of theItem to false
set shows comments of theItem to false
set shows version of theItem to false
set zoomed of container window of theItem to true
close theItem
set theFolderContents to the contents of theItem
my SetView(theFolderContents)
end if
end repeat
on error errMsg number errNum
end try
end tell
end SetView

Thanks for the prompt reply.

When you say, "save as applet", I am assuming that means application. When I went to save it it gave me the following options: Save As... and Save As Run-Only. Under Save As... it had these choices: Application (with 2 check boxes named Stay Open and Never Show Startup Screen), Compiled Script and Text. Under the Save As Run Only... it gave the same options with the exception of Text. Which do I save it as?

Also, to run it do I just double click or is their something fancy I need to do. Sorry I am dumb on this AppleScript stuff. It was suggested to me that it could do what I wanted it to and that I should ask for help on this forum.

Thanks again,

dave007

[MacCanada]

> When I went to save it it gave me the following options: Save As...
> and Save As Run-Only. Under Save As... it had these choices:
> Application (with 2 check boxes named Stay Open and Never Show
> Startup Screen), Compiled Script and Text. Under the Save As Run
> Only... it gave the same options with the exception of Text. Which do
> I save it as?

the options you saw were:

Save As Run Only

Saves your Applescript as a "run only" application,
meaning that you won't be able to "edit" the appl/escript
code later if you so need to, this option is use ful, for say
sending your scripts around, and feel confident that no one
will be able to "modify" your script, how ever that meens that
youyour self in the future, will not be able to edit the script again,
in thiscase I keep a copy of the script as "source code"
(a compiled script, or as text)


Never Show Startup Screen

the Startup screen, is a a dialog box presented to the user
that opened the script "applet", usually tells the user what the
script will do, and gives the user the option to run the script or
quit the script, with out the script doing anything

to create the startup screen, Add comments in the "description"
area of the script window, in Apple's Script Editor. any text placed
in this description "box" will be displayed in the startup screen.

Stay Open

The Stay Open option is use ful for "server applets" or soultions
where one needs the script applet to be constantly running,
a example of this would be a "egg timer"


Compiled Script

This Saves the Script as source code that is essence has been
checked for errors, and is ready to be run, or useful for applications
that can run applescripts (OSA Menu, Outlook Express, Ircle ...)

Text

This saves the script as text, the script cannot be used in applications (OSA Menu, Outlook Express, Ircle ...) is is useful if you
are working on a script, but need to quit, but want to save your work,
and come back to it later, or perhaps your applescript wont compile
as a "compiled Script" due to some syntax error, or because your script is incomplete


> Also, to run it do I just double click or is their something fancy I need
> to do.

an this script contains a "on open" line ( what's called a handler)

the script will work like a "droplet", ie, you would drag and drop the folders that you want to have viewed as lists on to the script icon

> It was suggested to me that it could do what I wanted it to
> and that I should ask for help on this forum.


hope this helps
Matt


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