Launching a local file - NEW SOLUTION

[Richard Gaskin]

Ken Ray wrote:

> That works for internet addresses and local files that don't have a type
> and creator code associated with them. If you *do* have a type/creator
> code, you need to strip it before you can launch it.
> 
> But you're right... "send to ..." is a lot easier than crafting an
> AppleScript for that purpose. So here's my previous solution with "sent
> to" used instead, along with a method to just strip the original file's
> type/creator code and effectively "leave it in place" and a little error
> checking:
> 
> on launchit pPath
> StripTC pPath
> send "file:///" & pPath to program "Finder" with "GURLGURL"
> end launchIt
> 
> on StripTC pPath
> put pPath into tDestPath
> set the itemDel to "/"
> put last item of pPath into tOrigName
> put "temp.html" into last item of tDestPath
> get shell("cp" && pPath && tDestPath)
> if it <> "" then
> answer "Error:" & it
> exit to top
> end if
> put tOrigName into last item of pPath
> get shell("mv" && tDestPath && pPath)
> if it <> "" then
> answer "Error:" & it
> exit to top
> end if
> end StripTC

I called it like this:


on mouseup
  LaunchIt "/Volumes/FourthWorld/4W Catalog/webmerge/WebMerge 2.0/WebMerge
Help/WebMerge_Help/WebMergeHelp.html"
end mouseup


And got an error:


    Error:usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src target
       cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i] [-p] src1 ... srcN directory


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