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CHAPTER 2
Finder Objects
22 The Finder Application Object
window of startup disk of application "Finder", content
space of desktop of application "Finder", desktop of
application "Finder", application "Scriptable Text Editor",
application "Script Editor"}
For complete lists of the Finder application object’s properties and element
classes, see the definition for the Application object class, which begins on
page 31.
References to Finder Windows 2
One of the Finder elements you can refer to in scripts is a content space, which
can be any kind of window or the desktop. If you request all the content
spaces, the Finder returns a list of references to all kinds of windows (container
windows, information windows, sharing windows, and status windows)
and the desktop:
tell application "Finder"
content spaces
end tell
--result: {information window of startup disk of
application "Finder", window of folder "Projects" of
startup disk of application "Finder", window of startup
disk of application "Finder", window of disk "Applications"
of application "Finder", content space of desktop of
application "Finder"}
The result shown in the preceding example includes one information window,
three container windows, and the desktop content space. An information
window is the window that opens when you select an object’s icon in the
Finder and choose Get Info from the File command. Containers are objects that
can hold other objects, such as suitcases, folders, disks, and the desktop, and a
container window is a window that belongs to a container. The only exception
is the desktop window. Even though the desktop is a container, the desktop
- AppleScript Finder Guide 1
- Contents 3
- Finder Errors 6
- Tables and Listings 7
- About This Guide 9
- For More Information 0 10
- Other AppleScript Dialects 0 11
- Installation 1 13
- What Is Finder Scripting? 1 14
- What Is Finder Scripting? 3 15
- What Is Finder Scripting? 16
- CHAPTER 1 17
- Finder Objects 2 27
- Element Classes 2 28
- Commands Handled 2 29
- Examples 2 29
- The Finder Application Object 30
- Object Class Definitions 2 38
- Accessory Suitcase 2 39
- Alias File 2 40
- Object Class Definitions 29 41
- Application 2 43
- Object Class Definitions 33 45
- Object Class Definitions 35 47
- Object Class Definitions 37 49
- Application File 2 50
- Object Class Definitions 39 51
- Application Process 2 53
- Container 2 55
- Object Class Definitions 45 57
- Container Window 2 59
- Object Class Definitions 49 61
- Content Space 2 62
- Control Panel 2 63
- Object Class Definitions 53 65
- Desk Accessory File 2 67
- Desktop-Object 2 68
- Object Class Definitions 57 69
- Object Class Definitions 59 71
- Document File 2 72
- Object Class Definitions 61 73
- Folder 2 75
- Font File 2 77
- Font Suitcase 2 78
- Object Class Definitions 67 79
- Information Window 2 81
- Object Class Definitions 71 83
- Object Class Definitions 73 85
- Object Class Definitions 75 87
- Process 2 89
- Sharable Container 2 91
- Object Class Definitions 81 93
- Sharing Privileges 2 95
- Sharing Window 2 97
- Object Class Definitions 87 99
- Sound File 2 100
- Status Window 2 101
- Suitcase 2 102
- Trash-Object 2 103
- Finder Objects 104
- Object Class Definitions 104
- Object Class Definitions 93 105
- Window 2 107
- Object Class Definitions 97 109
- Finder Commands 3 111
- Parameters 3 112
- Command Definitions 3 113
- Finder Commands 114
- Command Definitions 114
- Command Finder version 114
- Command Definitions 103 115
- Command Summary 115
- Clean Up 3 116
- Command Definitions 105 117
- Computer 3 119
- Command Definitions 109 121
- Data Size 3 123
- Delete 3 125
- Duplicate 3 126
- Command Definitions 115 127
- Command Definitions 117 129
- Exists 3 130
- Command Definitions 119 131
- Command Definitions 121 133
- Command Definitions 123 135
- Command Definitions 125 137
- Put Away 3 139
- Command Definitions 129 141
- Restart 3 142
- Reveal 3 143
- Select 3 144
- Command Definitions 133 145
- Shut Down 3 146
- Command Definitions 135 147
- Update 3 149
- Appendixes 151
- Finder Commands at a Glance A 153
- Finder Commands at a Glance 154
- Commands 154
- Command Syntax Result 154
- Commands 143 155
- Placeholders A 157
- Finder Errors B 159
- DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR 168
- PRODUCTION EDITOR 168
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