I have filtered a file list by file type using the AppleScript
function in the Externals collection, which can be downloaded from
http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/
As far as I am aware, there is no way to do this without using
AppleScript to find out the file type. There has been some recent
discussion of doing some AppleScript commands without using the
external - check the list archives.
I've included a modified version of my filtering function below. It
basically goes through the file list and creates a new list of files
that are either GIF, JPEG, or PICT files. You can easily modify it
to your needs. You'll notice that I've jumped through some hoops to
make sure the directory and file names are correct. This is
necessary because MetaCard uses the Unix standard "/" character as
the separator in path names (replacing the Mac's ":"). It's more
complicated on the Mac because Mac folder and file names can have "/"
in them; in this case, MetaCard replaces "/" with ":" in file and
directory names.
function macFilterList
#CREATE LAST PART OF APPLESCRIPT SCRIPT
put "tell application " & quote & "Finder" & quote & return & \
"set theType to the file type of theFile" & return & \
"end tell" & return & \
"return theType" into theASEnd
put the files into macTempL
put empty into theMacDirCont
put the directory into theMacDir
replace ":" with numToChar(23) in theMacDir
replace "/" with ":" in theMacDir
replace numToChar(23) with "/" in theMacDir
set caseSensitive to true
ext_asOpen #CALL TO THE EXTERNAL
repeat for each line X in macTempL
replace ":" with "/" in X
put "set theFile to alias " & quote & theMacDir & ":" & X & quote &\
return & theASEnd into theAScript #CREATE THE
APPLESCRIPT SCRIPT FOR A FILE
ext_asCompileNexecute theAScript #CALL TO THE EXTERNAL
get the result
replace quote with empty in it
if (it = "GIFf") or (it = "JPEG") or (it = "PICT") then #REPLACE
WITH FILE TYPE YOU WANT
put return & X after theMacDirCont
end if
end repeat
set caseSensitive to false
ext_asClose #CALL TO THE EXTERNAL
delete line 1 of theMacDirCont
return theMacDirCont
end macFilterList
Hope this helps.
Regards,
David Tremmel
>I am new to MetaCard so forgive me if there is an obvious answer. I
>found that I can use the files() function to fetch a list of files
>in a given folder. However, I can't figure out how to fetch or
>select a list of files of only certain type (I am talking
>Macintosh). I found the fileType property but it seems to apply only
>to files produced from MetaCard.
>
>RObert
>
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