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["M. Tamer Özsu"]

Thank you; I'll try this.

==Tamer

On 2012-01-05, at 11:24 PM, Michael Sharpe wrote:

> 
> On Jan 4, 2012, at 11:04 PM, M. Tamer Özsu wrote:
> 
>> This is very helpful. Is there a way to modify it so that one chooses the folder into which a new (not previously existing) file would go in? The current script sets filefolder to a specific directory and then "counts" the versions in that directory. Of course I can figure out how to ask the user for the filefolder and set it accordingly if the file does not exist, but I don't know how to select the folder using the usual Apple pop-up navigation panel. Is that possible?
> 
> You could add a couple of lines to the script to do this for a new file, but it's always useful to have a starting folder like Documents or Desktop. In addition to that, there would always be an extra folder selection you would have to make. So, you could change the line
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> set filefolder to (POSIX path of (((path to home folder) as string) & "Documents:texfiles")) --the default 
> 
> to
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> set filefolder to (POSIX path of (((path to home folder) as string) & "Documents")) --the default 
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> Then replace the lines
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> if filepath is equal to "" then -- there is no file
> 	set file_exists to false
> 
> with
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> if filepath is equal to "" then -- there is no file
> 	set file_exists to false
> 	try
> 		set filefolder to (choose folder with prompt "Select destination folder" default location alias POSIX file filefolder as alias)
> 	on error number -128
> 		return
> 	end try
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