Folder creation issue

Hi all,

I’m trying to write this script out but I’m struggling. Any help would be great

I’m trying to get the inner folders Alpha to delta to be named: Parent folder name+_FolderAlpha

For example:

Parent=: 12345
Alpha=: 12345_Alpha

Any ideas?

Thanks

Scott

tell application “Finder”
activate
set the target_folder to desktop
display dialog “Please enter Scotts property code” default answer “”

set folder_name to the text returned of the result
set new_folder to make new folder at target_folder
set name of new_folder to folder_name
set target_folder1 to folder folder_name of target_folder

set new_folder1 to make new folder at target_folder1
set name of new_folder1 to name of target_folder & "FolderAlpha"

--set new_folder2 to make new folder at target_folder1
--set name of new_folder1 to "FolderBravo"

--set new_folder3 to make new folder at target_folder1
--set name of new_folder1 to "FolderCharlie"

--set new_folder4 to make new folder at target_folder1
--set name of new_folder1 to "FolderDelta"

end tell

I’m not sure that I understand well your question but here is a cleaner code :

tell application "Finder"
	activate
	set the target_folder to desktop --> "Desktop"
	display dialog "Please enter Scotts property code" default answer ""
	
	
	set folder_name to the text returned of the result --> Scott
	set target_folder1 to make new folder at target_folder with properties {name:folder_name} --> folder "Scott" of folder "Desktop"
	
	set new_folder1 to make new folder at target_folder1 with properties {name:folder_name & "_FolderAlpha"} --> folder "Scott_FolderAlpha" of folder "Scott" of folder "Desktop" 
end tell

Yvan KOENIG running High Sierra 10.13.6 in French (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 26 octobre 2018 14:20:27

Thanks for your help, that worked perfectly.

Scott