Newb: Finding images

[ryananger]

Heres what im trying to do:

tell application “Finder”
if folder “PNGS” exists then
delete folder “PNGS”
end if
make new folder with properties {name:“PNGS”}
duplicate (every file whose file type = “.png”) to folder “PNGS”
end tell

but it doesn’t work and i can’t seem to find any way to do this…

[StefanK]

Hi,

in many cases file type is an empty string.
Checking name extension might be better

...
duplicate (every file whose name extension is "png") to folder "PNGS"
...

[Adam_Bell]

@ryananger

Heres what im trying to do:

tell application "Finder"
	if folder "PNGS" exists then
		delete folder "PNGS"
	end if
	make new folder with properties {name:"PNGS"}
	duplicate (every file whose file type = ".png") to folder "PNGS"
end tell

but it doesn’t work and i can’t seem to find any way to do this…

Greetings, RyanAnger;

Your’re not specific enough with your instructions. if exists folder “PNGS” will only detect PNGs if it is on your desktop - the default location in which the Finder will look. Otherwise, you’ll have to specify a better path.

Next, the file type of a file with a png extension is PNGf. You can discover this like this:

tell application "Finder" to set T to file type of (choose file) -- chooose a file of interest

Also, (every file whose file type is “.png” [no such thing]) would refer to the desktop, since you didn’t specify a place to look.

Can you help us out - be more specific about your needs and situation