Newbies peter1015 0 Posted December 6, 2020 Newbies Share Posted December 6, 2020 I am trying to create a calculated Applescript that imply renames a file in the Finder. The Applescript itself works fine: tell application "Finder" set fileAlias to (POSIX file "Users/username/test.jpg") as alias set the name of fileAlias to "test2.jpg" end tell but the calculated Applescript does not: " tell application \"Finder\"¶ set fileAlias to \(POSIX file \"Users\/username\/test.jpg\"\) as alias¶ -- test will be replace by a variable set the name of fileAlias to \"test2.jpg\"¶ end tell " (I have tried various iterations with escapes etc but none so far worked; I am using the POSIX path because it was the first that worked (others didn't). I always get the error message "Expected expression but found unknown token" (error -2741) Help appreciated! Thanks, Link to post Share on other sites
comment 1,817 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 See if these can help: https://fmforums.com/topic/103544-how-to-filemaker-pro-advanced-calculated-applescript/?tab=comments#comment-469892 https://fmforums.com/topic/105576-quotation-marks-in-a-calculated-applescript/?tab=comments#comment-477640 https://fmforums.com/topic/106820-calculated-applescript-syntax/?tab=comments#comment-482614 Link to post Share on other sites
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