Apple AppleScript Finder Guide - Manual (Page 88)

C H A P T E R 2
Finder Objects
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Object Class Definitions
property Extras : false
tell application "Finder"
if (exists item " Add Extras" of apple menu items folder) ¬
= false and ¬
(exists item " Remove Extras" of apple menu items folder) ¬
= false then
make alias file with data (file "Toggle Apple Menu Extras" of ¬
startup disk) at apple menu items folder ¬
with properties {name:" Add Extras"}
end if
if Extras is false then
move contents of folder "Apple Menu Extras" of startup disk to ¬
apple menu items folder
set the name of item " Add Extras" in apple menu items folder ¬
to " Remove Extras"
set Extras to true
else
move (every item of apple menu items folder ¬
whose name begins with "@") to ¬
folder "Apple Menu Extras" of startup disk
set the name of item " Remove Extras" in ¬
apple menu items folder to " Add Extras"
set Extras to false
end if
end tell
The script begins by declaring the value of the Extras property to be false.
This value may change after the script is run.
If the script hasn’t been run before, the first If statement in the script creates an
alias file of the script application in the Apple Menu Items folder with the name
Add Extras. This alias file appears in the Apple menu along with all the other