file.getIconPos

Syntax file.getIconPos (path, haddr, vaddr)

Params path is a legal path name to the file or folder the position of whose icon you wish to determine.

haddr is a variable or Object Database address into which the icon's horizontal position is to be placed.

vaddr is a variable or Object Database address into which the icon's vertical position is to be placed.

Action Determines the position of a file, folder's or disk volume's icon.

Returns True if the icon is found, false otherwise. Places into haddr and vaddr the values denoting the horizontal and vertical coordinates, respectively, of the file or folder's icon.

Examples file.getIconPos ("System:System Folder:Finder", @h, @v);
return (h + ", " + v)

   » "192, 256"

Notes A path can be the path to a file, a folder or a disk volume icon.

The return value from this verb can be used to do such things as perform a custom cleanup of your desktop or a Finder folder window.

If you use this verb on a file or folder whose icon is not visible (because, for example, the user has a list view selected in the Finder), file.getIconPos returns -1, -1.

See Also file.setIconPos

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