Class or alias

Question

Trying to get this to determine if the added items to a folder are a folder or file. seems to be stuck somewhere. Is alias a better reference for the contents.
if the class of eachitem = folder then
set msgText to "The folder " & thefilename & " has been created in the" & companyName & "FTP"
else
set msgText to "The file " & thefilename & " has been uploaded to the" & companyName & "FTP"
end if

Answer 1

I think "folder of (info for eachitem)" is what you're looking for. Like this example:
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title="Copy this text and paste it into your Script Editor application.">set theItem to path to desktop
set theInfo to info for theItem
set fileName to name of theInfo
set companyName to "CompanyName"
if folder of theInfo then
set msgText to "The folder " & fileName & " has been created in the " & companyName & " FTP"
else
set msgText to "The file " & fileName & " has been uploaded to the " & companyName & " FTP"
end if</pre>
Hope this helps...