Apple AppleScript Finder Guide User Manual download pdf (Page 23)

CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Finder Scripting

Writing Scripts That Control the Finder 11

Listing 1-2 A script that either takes a snapshot of the current window arrangement

or restores a previously stored snapshot

property boundsAll : {}

property refsAll : {}

set dialogResult to display dialog ¬

"Restore old snapshot or take new one?" ¬

buttons {"Restore Old Snapshot", "Take New Snapshot"}

if button returned of dialogResult is "Restore Old Snapshot" then

tell application "Finder"

close windows

set increment to 0

repeat (number of items in refsAll) times

set increment to increment + 1

set i to item increment of refsAll

open i

set x to item increment of boundsAll

set bounds of window 1 to x

end repeat

end tell

else

tell application "Finder"

set boundsAll to the bounds of every window

set refsAll to the item of every window

end tell

end if

To keep this script handy, store it as a script application on the desktop. When-

ever you want to record or restore a window arrangement, double-click the

application’s icon. If you want to be able to switch back and forth between

several window arrangements, duplicate the script and use each copy to create

and store a different one.

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