the exact error was btw Expected function name, command name or function name but found “error”. and then it brought me to the line that I put there in the prior post, if that got through.
S On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:55 AM, louie wrote: > Sarah, > > The below apple script will do what you want. > try > tell application "Safari" > activate > set theURL to URL of (document of window 1) > set theTitle to name of window 1 > end tell > set theTitle to first word of theTitle > set res to "[InternetShortcut] > URL=" & theURL > > do shell script "echo \"" & res & "\" > ~/Desktop/" & theTitle & ".url" > say "Web shortcut " & theTitle & " was created on your desktop." > on error x > activate me > display dialog x > end try > On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Hello all of you mac users. is it possible to add a shortcut to a webpage to >> your desktop or where ever? I can do that in other platforms but I cannot >> find a way to do this in OSX. I tried everything under the sun to. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> Sarah Alawami >> >> MSN: [email protected] >> >> Website: http://music.marrie.org >> youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 >> podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com >> podcast mobile http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > louie > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Sarah Alawami MSN: [email protected] Website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com podcast mobile http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
