Target of finder window

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#1

Here is a bit of script that I have been playing with to mount my 2 servers. My question is what is “target reference – the container at which this file viewer is targeted” can this be a sub folder of my server? if so how do I need to specify this? Strangely enough when trying to get some properties of a finder window so I could set my positioning of the new windows the position and bounds were both returned with the pairs inverted if you know what I mean why would this be? Here is what I have so far. Thanks

tell application "Finder"
	if (not (exists disk "Macraid")) then
		try
			set TheServer1 to mount volume "afp://192.168.0.248/macraid"
		end try
	end if
	set x to make new Finder window at front with properties ¬
		{target:"Macraid", current view:list view, toolbar visible:false}
	set properties of the result to {position:{43, 950}, bounds:{43, 950, 600, 1150}}
	if (not (exists disk "transfer")) then
		try
			set TheServer2 to mount volume "afp://192.168.0.248/transfer"
		end try
	end if
	set Y to make new Finder window at front with properties ¬
		{target:"transfer", current view:list view, toolbar visible:false}
	set properties of the result to {position:{43, 1151}, bounds:{43, 1151, 600, 1351}}
end tell
#2

Hi, Mark

When making a Finder window, you should use make’s to parameter and use a proper disk or folder specification rather than just a name. The with properties parameter doesn’t seem to work for any properties of a Finder window, so you need something like this:

tell application "Finder"
	-- Mount the disk.

	set x to make new Finder window to disk "macraid"
	tell x to set {current view, toolbar visible, bounds} to {list view, false, {43, 950, 600, 1150}}

	-- Similarly with disk "transfer".
end tell