On or near 2/21/01 5:51 PM, Andy Fragen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> So far I have the following
>
> on open theFile
> tell application "Finder"
> set thePath to (parent of theFile)
> set newAlias to thePath & ":Before.jpg"
> make new alias file to selection at file newAlias
> end tell
> end open
>
> I keep getting run errors about can't get parent of theFile. I obviously
> have something wrong here but my AppleScript for Dummies isn't helping me.
You want "container" not "parent." Try something like this:
on open theFiles
tell application "Finder"
set aFile to item 1 of theFiles
set thePath to (container of aFile) as string
set newAlias to thePath & "Before.jpg"
set newFile to make new alias file to aFile at alias thePath
set name of newFile to "Before.jpg"
end tell
end open
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