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C H A P T E R 3

Finder Commands

Command Definitions

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referenceToContainer

A reference to the container whose elements are to be counted.

If you do not specify this parameter, the Finder counts the

elements in the default target of the Tell statement (for example,

the Finder application).

Class:

Reference

Default value:

Reference to default target of Tell statement

RESULT

Integer.

EXAMPLES

In the following example, every item of window "My World" returns a

list of items. The Finder counts the items in the list.

tell application "Finder"

count every item of window "My World"

end tell

--result: 12

The following statement is equivalent to the previous example:

tell application "Finder"

count items of window "My World"

end tell

Data Size

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A Data Size command is a request for the size, in bytes, of the data of one or

more objects. The value returned is the size of the data (a value) that would

result from a Get command on the same object or objects. This command has