A question about applescript

Question

Hi:
     I am learning applescript and trying to follwo example in books. I found that I can not change the width of name column under list view of Finder just as the examples. My script is as below:
tell application "Finder"
  activate
          tell list view options of the front Finder window
                    tell column name column
                              set its width to 2000
                    end tell
          end tell
          tell the front Finder window
                    set current view to list view
          end tell
end tell
tell application "Finder"
  activate
          tell list view options of the front Finder window
                    tell column name column
                              get its width
                    end tell
          end tell
end tell
==> I can set the value of "width". But I can find any change in the finder window.
                                              Thanks!!!

Answer 1

There is a problem with Finder windows reflecting scripted changes.
You can get around this by closing and then re-opening the window after you make the change.  Something like this for the first part of your script.
tell application "Finder"
  activate
          set thisFolder to target of front Finder window --<-- store the window
          tell list view options of the front Finder window
                    tell column name column
                              set its width to 2000
                    end tell
          end tell
          tell the front Finder window
                    set current view to list view
  close --<-- close the window
          end tell
  open thisFolder --<-- re-open the window
end tell