open folder based on input

[pelachrum]

i want Finder to open a folder (on server) which name bagins with a number (00001… for instance)
i need to input that number at the time i click on the script, that will be the first action - asking for input for that number, then the appropriate folder opens

[Camelot]

Pretty crude, but it should get you going:

set myDialog to display dialog “Gimme a number:” default answer “00001” buttons {“Cancel”, “OK”} default button 2
set userReply to text returned of myDialog
tell application “Finder”
try
open folder “Path:to:” & userReply
on error
display dialog “Oops, folder " & userReply & " wasn’t found” buttons {“darn!”} default button 1
end try
end tell

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[pelachrum]

how the path will look like exactly if the folder is on a server volume - Production and inside a “test” folder

[pelachrum]

I’ve changed line:

open folder “Path:to:” & userReply
to
open folder userReply of folder “test” of disk “Production”

I don’t know if it changed anything but I’m trying to make this script to open a folder that STARTS with whatever userReply is being set to

in other words, if in the dialog bog I type in: 001 and the actual foldername is: 001_job_Bla, I want the script to be able to detect that and open that folder

[kel]

Try this:

display dialog “Enter something:” default answer “”
set fn to text returned of result
tell application “Finder”
activate
open (first folder of disk “Civilization III” whose name begins with fn)
end tell

gl,