"""Make the finder open an application, file or folder""" import Finder_7_0_Suite import aetools import MacOS import sys import macfs SIGNATURE='MACS' class Finder(aetools.TalkTo, Finder_7_0_Suite.Finder_7_0_Suite): pass def open_in_finder(file): """Open a file thru the finder. Specify file by name or fsspec""" finder = Finder(SIGNATURE) fss = macfs.FSSpec(file) vRefNum, parID, name = fss.as_tuple() dir_fss = macfs.FSSpec((vRefNum, parID, '')) file_alias = fss.NewAlias() dir_alias = dir_fss.NewAlias() return finder.open(file_alias, items=[file_alias]) def main(): fss, ok = macfs.PromptGetFile('File to launch:') if not ok: sys.exit(0) result = open_in_finder(fss) if result: print 'Result: ', result if __name__ == '__main__': main()