User
An object of class User is a user file in the Users & Groups control panel window. The Finder can't recognize or create a user unless the Users & Groups control panel window is open.
PROPERTIES
bounds
- The coordinates of the rectangle that bounds the content region of the user'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 user'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 user's icon.
Class: Icon family (data type defined by Finder)
Modifiable: Yes
label index
- The number of the label currently selected for the user in the Label menu (None = 0).
Class: Integer
Modifiable: Yes
name
- The user's name.
Class: String
Modifiable: Yes
position
- Two integers that specify the position of the upper-left corner
of the user's icon.
Class: List of two integers (Point data type)
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 user or, if you use the plural form users, a list of references.
EXAMPLE
The script that follows displays a dialog box requesting the name of the new user file to create, then opens the control panel Users & Groups, creates the new user file, and sets the user's name. Listing 1-3 on page 11 incorporates this script into a longer script that also creates a drop folder for the new user.
tell application "Finder"
set response to display dialog �
"Name of new user:" default answer ""
set newUser to text returned of response
set cPanels to control panel "Users & Groups" of �
control panels folder
open cPanels
make user at cPanels with properties {name: newUser}
end tell
