Hi John, I was hoping there would be another way, but 'folder actions' might be the only solution. I'll take a peek at the code in some of the 'Folder Action' sample scripts that come with OS X and see if I can put together something.
Thanks very much for your thoughts. Jay ----- Original Message Follows ----- > > > At 2:00 pm -0500 26/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Currently I'm using AppleScript to work on files and then > >send them out to different folders on different servers. > >But I'm running into problems where users don't know that > >their file is finished because the icon doesn't appear in > >their folder. If they click on the window the icon will > >appear, but if they don't they can't tell if it's there > or >not. > > This is a very annoying property of the Finder and has > been for a long time. Have you thought of attaching a > folder action to the folders in question to force the > update? > > JD
