Re: [MacPerl] A general question

[Brian "L." Matthews <blm@halcyon.com>]

Jefferson R. Lowrey writes:
|>You can probably also do something with AppleScript, although you'll
|>be limited to how the Finder knows how to arrange the icons.
|It also includes a position property of the class "item", which is a list
|of "Two integers that specify the position of the upper-left corner of the
|item's icon".
|So, he could certainly use MacPerl's DoAppleScript to do what he's looking
|for, without having to delve into the toolbox.

I'd put that "he could certainly use the toolbox without having to delve
into AppleScript." :-) I also suspect that for large numbers of icons,
AppleScript will be mind-numbingly slow. However, it's nice to know there
are multiple ways of accomplishing the task. Thanks for the info.

Brian

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