Automatically set finder icon size

Hi,
there is a apple script or something that can automaticcaly change icon size for folders and documents in finder? My target is to show the max number of icon inside the finder window...
thanks

ok, thanks, but is not what i want.
Think if in osx is built in a function that for the number of icons inside the folder show in finder , automatically resize icons (with a min and a max size presetted) relative to the number of icons in that folder.
Sometime i have one icon and the size is too small... sometime i have to many icons and the size is too large and i must scroll everytime.. is not very userfriendly...
another question... is possible in launchpad have a spotlight textfield that allow me to write the name of the app i want to find?? sometime i have app inside folder or in another page and is not simple find immediatly the app iwant...
thanks

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