[midwinter]

Hi all.

Mods, please move this if it's in the wrong place.

I need help finding/writing an applescript. Here's what I'd like to do:

My students email me their essays so I can comment on them. I'd like to be able to attach an applescript to the folder I keep them in that sets the label for any item added to it to "red."

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers
Scott

[Moonray]

If you know how to attach scripts to folders try this:

Code:
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving these_items
    try
        repeat with this_item in these_items
            tell application "Finder" to set label index of this_item to 2
        end repeat
    on error error_message number error_number
        if the error_number is not -128 then
            tell application "Finder"
                activate
                display dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 giving up after 120
            end tell
        end if
    end try
end adding folder items to

Hope that helps.

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[midwinter]

Thanks! Unfortunately, unless I'm doing something wrong, it's not working.

[Moonray]

Originally posted by midwinter:
Thanks! Unfortunately, unless I'm doing something wrong, it's not working.

For me it works fine.
You need to put in in your in either your private or the global "Folder Action Scripts" folder and turn Folder Actions on and attach it to your folder.

http://www.apple.com/applescript/folderactions/

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[midwinter]

Originally posted by Moonray:
For me it works fine.
You need to put in in your in either your private or the global "Folder Action Scripts" folder and turn Folder Actions on and attach it to your folder.

http://www.apple.com/applescript/folderactions/

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A-ha!

Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!!

[Moonray]

Welcome

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[midwinter]

Originally posted by Moonray:
Welcome

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You have to understand two things:

1) I will get somewhere around 80 essays via email to comment on between now and Monday.

2) I never understood the big deal about labels until I started using them to indicate which ones I'd commented on and which ones I hadn't. Now, the ones that are red are new, the ones that are finished are green. And so, because I've discovered the amazing usefulness this thing that Mac users have been on to for what, a decade (?), my life is a little easier.

And you have helped immensely.

Thanks, again.

Cheers
Scott