Well if you have a path to a file whose default application is Mail (or whatever) then you can...
tell application "System Events" to get the path of the default application of file <filepath> ...and that doesn't open the application. There may be other ways though. HTH, Terry... On 31/03/09 7:49 PM, "Jim Sims" <[email protected]> wrote: > On OS X the applescript: > > tell application "System Events" to (get path to application "Mail") > > will get the path to an application (in this case "Mail.app"). > However, it seems to need to open that app before it can get the path. > > Is there an applescript or shell script that will tell me the path to > an application without opening it first? > > I do understand that on can use answer file - but I'd like an > alternative. > > sims > > [email protected] > Skype: sims.jim > iChat: techietours > ______________________ > Opportunity by Design > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
