Hello & thanks to all that replied!
I have a working solution which I have attached. It bypasses the
problem I encountered with placing folders within the Desktop Folder
on any other drive except the startup disk. I've tried a couple of
variations but none seem to work around the problem.
I hope this helps [someone else],
Scott
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-- script to ensure a path is valid.
-- Returns the final path to the calling function (important if
folders are on desktop)
on sureFolder(strPath)
-- save & modify the text item delimeter to ":" for path manipulation
set oldSpaceChar to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ":"
-- direct commands to the Finder
tell application "Finder"
activate
-- test to see if the entire path is valid
if folder strPath exists then
-- restore the text item delimeter
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldSpaceChar
return strPath
else -- proceed to building the path
-- initialize a variable to hold the root directory initially,
then the parent after that...
set strParentFolder to (text item 1 of strPath as string) & ":"
-- loop through the path, verifying the existence of each level
-- Note:We don't want the last field after the final : as it
will always be empty and hence the count -1 limit
-- also, the first item is the root directory/volume name so we
don't start there.
repeat with i from 2 to ((count (text items in strPath)) - 1)
-- get the name of the folder
set strFolderName to (text item i of strPath) as string
-- extract the sub-path from left to right, adding the final path colon
set strFolderPath to strParentFolder & strFolderName & ":"
-- verify existence of this sub-path and build it if it does not exist
if not (folder strFolderPath exists) then
-- do the deed, make the folder within the last valid folder
make new folder at folder strParentFolder with properties
{name:strFolderName}
set strParentFolder to result as string
else
-- update the root path for the next folder if necessary
set strParentFolder to strFolderPath
end if
end repeat
end if
end tell
-- re-activate the script application
activate
-- restore the text item delimeter
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldSpaceChar
return strFolderPath
end sureFolder
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Scott Sandeman-Allen
Roderick Scott Corporation
Edmonton, Alberta. Canada
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