Show File in Finder

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jamirokwai
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Show File in Finder

Post by jamirokwai »

Hiya,

if you need or like to show a certain file in Finder, you can use this small snippet:

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Dest$ = "/Users/joe/Desktop/" ; will show my personal Desktop :-)
RunProgram("open", "-R " + Dest$, "")
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Re: Show File in Finder

Post by WilliamL »

nice (and easy), good tip :)
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Re: Show File in Finder

Post by gekkonier »

This wont work if the path contains spaces. Try better this one:

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RunProgram("open", "-R " + Chr(34) + dest.s + Chr(34), "")
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