Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Finder Guide /

Chapter 2 - Finder Objects / Object Class Definitions

Group

An object of class Group is a group file in the Users & Groups control panel window. The Finder can't recognize or create a group unless the Users & Groups control panel window is open.

PROPERTIES

bounds

The coordinates of the rectangle that bounds the content region of the item's icon.
Class: List of four integers (Bounding Rectangle data type). The first two integers specify the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the item's icon, and the last two integers specify the coordinates of the lower-right corner of the icon.
Modifiable? Yes

icon

A bitmap of the item's icon.
Class: Icon family (data type defined by Finder)
Modifiable: Yes

label index

The number of the label currently selected for the item in the Label menu (None = 0).
Class: Integer
Modifiable: Yes

name

The group's name.
Class: String
Modifiable: Yes

position

Two integers that specify the position of the upper-left corner of the group's icon.
Class: List of two integers (Point data type) that specify the coordinates of the upper-left corner of the group's icon
Modifiable? Yes

ELEMENT CLASSES

None

COMMANDS HANDLED

Clean Up, Close, Count, Data Size, Exists, Get, Make, Open, Select, Sort, Update

DEFAULT VALUE CLASS RETURNED

A reference to a group or, if you use the plural form groups, a list of references.

EXAMPLE

This script displays a dialog box requesting the name of the new group to create, then opens the control panel Users & Groups, creates the new group, and sets its name:

tell application "Finder"   set response to display dialog ¬
      "Name of new group:" default answer ""   set newGroup to text returned of response
   set cPanels to control panel "Users & Groups" of ¬
      control panels folder
   open cPanels
   make group at cPanels with properties {name: newGroup}
end tell