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tonymac · Apr 10, 2001, 03:54 PM

I need to be able to set all the invisible files in a folder to visible, preferably by dropping the folder onto an applet. I've tried this:

on open myFolder
tell application "Finder"
set visible of every file of folder myFolder to true
end tell
end

But this doesn't work. Any suggestions??

Paul Crawford · Apr 11, 2001, 01:17 PM

Hi tonymac,

Unfortunately, AFAIK the Finder can't handle invisible items, at least up through Classic Mac OS 9.0.x. Instead, try using one of the freeware OSAXen that can set the visibility bit, such as the File Visibility OSAX, the BetterInfoFor OSAX or the Akua Sweets OSAX (these and others are also available via the usual MacScripter.net's Scripting Library).

Regards,

--Paul

tonymac · Apr 11, 2001, 11:56 PM

Thanks for the advice. BetterInfoFor worked perfectly. I had been able to get the status of the invisible tag using "info for" but wasn't able to modify it. With BetterInfoFor, I can read in the value and make changes based on that value. Very cool.

Thanks again!

Paul Crawford · Apr 13, 2001, 07:37 AM

Hi again tonymac,

No prob... It's these kinds of situations which make us glad that AppleScript supports plug-ins. Long live third-party OSAXen! :-)

Regards,

--Paul