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I am getting a variable from a shell command.

for example I want a list of files in a folder

do shell("cd /Applications/") <<Note, this doesn't seem to work
put shell ("PWD") into field "Result"
put shell ("ls") after field "Result"

So I get a list of files... and I want those files to be translated to a drop down list.

(This has nothing to do with files, I am actually getting a list from a shell command and I want that list to be a CHOICE in my drop down)

Any pointers?

do shell("cd /Applications/") <<Note, this doesn't seem to work
put shell ("PWD") into field "Result"
put shell ("ls") after field "Result"

I tied the exact same script you had above but replaced the field with a option menu button.

I just replaced field "Result" with button "resultMenu" and it worked, The change I made is below.

If you trying to add this to the menu bar, it is also just a button.

Yep, "shell" is a function and not a handler.

And you can simply put text "into btn xyz", where the button should be some kind of menu. This is a shortcut for "set the text of btn xyz to mystring"

Therefore it is pretty easy to manipulate the contens of a menubutton, since this is just a "normal" string/text operation!


Best

Klaus