Seems simple, but none of the simple attempts are working.
This is what I have been using and just running it from Script Editor, then copying the output from the result window:
tell application "Finder"
set the_list to the name of every item in the front window
end tell
I’ve tried probably a dozen variations of stuff I’ve read on this forum, here was my best and last attempt:
on open docList
tell application "Finder"
set theList to name of every file of folder docList
set the clipboard to theList
end tell
end open
I also tried things along this line:
on open docList
set runningNameList to ""
repeat with x from 1 to number of items in docList
tell application "Finder"
set theFile to item x of docList
set theName to name of theFile
set runningNameList to runningNameList & return & theName
end tell
end repeat
set the clipboard to runningNameList
end open
on open docList
set dl to docList as alias
set FNames to ""
tell application "Finder"
set theList to name of every file of folder dl
repeat with aFile in theList
set FNames to FNames & aFile & return
end repeat
set the clipboard to FNames
-- display dialog FNames
end tell
end open
nice script. might i add some error correction and a method for use when double clicked?
on open docList
set docFolder to POSIX path of docList
if docFolder ends with "/" then
setClip(docList)
else
display dialog "This program only works with folders."
end if
end open
set docList to (choose folder)
setClip(docList)
on setClip(docList)
set dl to docList as alias
set FNames to ""
tell application "Finder"
set theList to name of every file of folder dl
repeat with aFile in theList
set FNames to FNames & aFile & return
end repeat
set the clipboard to FNames
display dialog FNames
end tell
end setClip
Another way is to coerce list to string. Something like this:
set f to choose folder
tell application "Finder"
try
set f_list to (every item of f) as alias list -- list of AppleScript paths
on error
set f_list to (first item of f) as alias as list
end try
-- set f_list to (name of every item of f) -- for list of names
end tell
set def_tid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {return}
set f_text to f_list as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to def_tid
return f_text
I didn’t use the open handler, but it’s easy to change to droplet. I didn’t do speed test yet also. Still reading the other new posts.
