<pre>function getFilesCount folderRef  put "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & return after scriptVar  put "set myFiles to every file of alias" && quote & folderRef & quote & return after scriptVar  put "set filesCount to count items of myFiles" & return after scriptVar  put "return filesCount" & return after scriptVar  put "end tell" & return after scriptVar  do scriptVar as appleScript  return the resultend getFilesCount</pre>