<pre>function getFinderItemSize finderItem  ----  put "tell application" && quote & "Finder" & quote & return after scriptVar  put "set myFinderItem to alias" && quote & finderItem & quote & return after scriptVar  put "return size of myFinderItem" & return after scriptVar  put "end tell" after scriptVar  ----  do scriptVar as appleScript  return the result  ----end getFinderItemSize</pre>