-- This simply expands all items of the current selection, using the same
-- location and without deleting the original item; it can also be used 
-- for converting files from BINHEX format, i.e. it supports all files that
-- your StuffIt Engine extension can handle
-- Markus Frischknecht July 1999
-- mailto:mfrischknecht@access.ch

try
	
	tell application "Finder"
		
		set selobject to selection
		
		repeat with i from 1 to count selobject
			set item i of selobject to (item i of selobject) as alias -- coerce each item into alias
		end repeat
		
		Expand selobject without deleting originals and converting text files
		
		
	end tell
	
on error
	beep
end try