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C H A P T E R 2

Finder Objects

Object Class Definitions

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EXAMPLE

To refer to a trash-object, you must use the Trash property of the desktop:

tell application "Finder"

clean up trash

end tell

Note that it’s not necessary to refer to the trash of desktop; the Finder

interprets trash as the desktop’s Trash property.

User

2

An object of class User is a user file in the Users & Groups control panel

window. The Finder can’t recognize or create a user unless the Users & Groups

control panel window is open.

PROPERTIES

bounds

The coordinates of the rectangle that bounds the content region

of the user’s icon.

Class:

List of four integers (Bounding Rectangle data type).

The first two integers specify the coordinates of the upper-left

corner of the user’s icon, and the last two integers specify the

coordinates of the lower-right corner of the icon.

Modifiable:

Yes

icon

A bitmap of the user’s icon.

Class:

Icon family (data type defined by Finder)

Modifiable:

Yes

label index

The number of the label currently selected for the user in the

Label menu (None = 0).

Class:

Integer

Modifiable:

Yes

name

The user’s name.

Class:

String

Modifiable:

Yes