File renaming to bottom of folder structure

Question

Hi All;
Scripting dummy here. Have used the built in "Replace Text in Item Names.scpt", but it only searches into the top level of the open folder.
Is there a command I can insert into this script that will make it search all files, sub-folders and sub-files within the main, open window??
If not, anyone have a script that would work. scripting.net and third party apps are not an option.
Have THOUSANDS of proposal files that need to be renamed to Bill Gates liking so they can be placed on server! Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

You don't say much about how you'll replace the names or what's wrong with them, but this will drill down through nested folders to process every file (and I apologize to whomever wrote it or I'd give credit where due):
to drilldown(afolder)
tell application "Finder"
set file_list to files of a_folder
set folder_list to folders of a_folder
end tell
repeat with i in file_list
processDrilledDownFile(i)
-- relieve the script by handling the found files first,
-- before diving deeper into the recursion with the found folders,
-- as this will minimize occurences of a stack overflow
end repeat
repeat with i in folder_list
drill_down(i) -- diving into the recursion with the found folders here
end repeat
end drill_down
on processDrilledDownFile(a_file)
-- a_file is passed on to the processDrilledDownFile handler as a Finder file object
-- so it must be further processed starting from within a "tell application Finder" block
tell application "Finder"
beep
activate
reveal a_file
-- replace the 3 lines above with your own file processing code
end tell
end processDrilledDownFile
drill_down(choose folder)