[Evinyatar]

I'm trying to carbonize some of my shareware and one of them needs to get the Finder selection. In 9 I used to do this using AppleEvents, but the MacOS X finder is not returning anything (although the AE is sent correctly). Then I tried

tell application "Finder"
the selection
end tell

in the AppleScript Script Editor but the result window remains empty. Anyone any ideas?

[strobe]

Ask Sal

[Potatoswatter]

Why do you need the Finder selection? That can be changed between the time you app is started up and the time it asks the Finder what's selected.

If you need to know what files to open, you get a list passed in an 'odoc' Apple Event.

Also, you might want to try "get selection of front window".

Note that I don't personally *have* the beta.

[Sal]

I'm trying to carbonize some of my shareware and one of them needs to get the Finder selection. In 9 I used to do this using AppleEvents, but the MacOS X finder is not returning anything (although the AE is sent correctly).

The Finder scripting in the beta is broken and incomplete. The release version will have good Finder scripting.

[Evinyatar]

So basically until the final release I can't try my software out on OS X?