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Operating Systems OS X (Apple) Newbie needs to find file Post 302955041 by sbrady on Monday 14th of September 2015 10:22:01 AM
Old 09-14-2015
this is how we work. This is the file name:
AFRICA1 Faso, Burkina.doc

We just refer to the project or file as AFRICA1. The rest of the file name sometimes it too hard to remember or pronounce. So in Applescript I use a dialog box to have the user enter the project code (AFRICA1) and I use that info in searching for the file in the folder. I hope that all makes sense. Maybe if I replace "*Burkina" with the variable text_returned that will work.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

tk_choosecolor

tk_chooseColor(1T)					       Tk Built-In Commands						tk_chooseColor(1T)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NAME

       tk_chooseColor - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color.

SYNOPSIS

       tk_chooseColor ?option value ...?
_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       The  procedure tk_chooseColor pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color. The following option-value pairs are possible as command
       line arguments:

       -initialcolor color
	      Specifies the color to display in the color dialog when it pops up. color must be in a form acceptable to the Tk_GetColor function.

       -parent window
	      Makes window the logical parent of the color dialog. The color dialog is displayed on top of its parent window.

       -title titleString
	      Specifies a string to display as the title of the dialog box. If this option is not specified, then a default  title  will  be  dis-
	      played.

       If the user selects a color, tk_chooseColor will return the name of the color in a form acceptable to Tk_GetColor.  If the user cancels the
       operation, both commands will return the empty string.

EXAMPLE

	      button .b -bg [tk_chooseColor -initialcolor gray -title "Choose color"]

KEYWORDS

       color selection dialog

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWTk	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted     |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org.

Tk									4.2							tk_chooseColor(1T)
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