[Diggory Laycock]

Title says it all:

I have friend who wanted an AppleScript to change the extension of certain types of files:

He has File Vault enabled - I don't.

The Script works for me, but not for him.

The following code is the problem:

Code:
to changeToPDF(added_items)
	tell application "Finder"
		repeat with aFile in added_items
			display dialog ("You have chosen file: " & aFile) buttons {"OK"} default button 1 giving up after 2
			if name of file aFile contains {".aspx"} then				
				set theDate to (current date)				
				--	Make the time suitable for a file name (replace ":" with ".")
				set timeText to time string of theDate

etc......

the line:

Code:
if name of file aFile contains {".aspx"} then

fails on the FV-enabled machine with the error:

"can't make name of item 1 of {alias "willbank:Downloads:Control.3.aspx"} into string"


Am I doing something wrong - or is this a bug?

Someone else seems to have the same problem:

http://macslash.org/AskMacSlash/03/10/26/1848225.shtml (search for "script")

[Diggory Laycock]

Hmm - it must be something about aliases not resolving across volumes - since with file vault the home Dir. is on another volume.

We worked around it by moving the folder the script was attached to out of his home dir. and into the shared dir.

[MarkDouma™]

I've filed this as BUG ID # 3519134: AppleScript problem with files on "non-mounted" volumes.

Hopefully it will be fixed soon....

[suthercd]

Try:

Code:
tell application "Finder"
   repeat with aFile in added_items
      if afile contains {".aspx"} then

Since you have used the Finder, the item returned by aFile is the name of the item. So asking for the name of the name does not make sense. Also, by saying file aFile you are trying to make a reference using aFile which is a string.

If you want to change to extension of a file you can use the Standard Additions scripting addition.

Code:
set myFolder to choose folder
set file_list to {}

tell application "Finder"
  set _list to every file of myFolder as alias list
end tell

repeat with aFile in _list
  set file_ext to name extension of (info for aFile)
  display dialog file_ext
end repeat

Take a look at the dictionary for Standard additions. Good stuff.

I don't see enough of your code to know about a remote volume.

HTH
Craig