On 03/22/07, Michelle Steiner <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> This should be a simple thing:
>
> set UserFile to choose file with prompt "Please choose the dictionary
> file to add the words to."
> set fileRef to open for access UserFile with write permission
>
> --> "File file Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:en is already open."
>
> set eof of fileRef to (get eof of fileRef) + 1
> write additions to fileRef
> close access bar
>
> If I put a close access statement right before the open access
> statement, I get an error saying that the file isn't open.
>
> If I omit "with write permission", I get an error on the next line
> saying that it's not open with write permission.
>
> If I delete the file and change the first line to
> set UserFile to choose file name with prompt "Please choose the
> dictionary file to add the words to."
>
> I still get "File file Dora:Users:michelle:Desktop:en is already open."
>
> In short, whether I try to open an existing file or create one from
> scratch, I get that error.
This works here with 10.4.9:
choose file with prompt "Please choose the dictionary file to add the words to."
set fileRef to result
open for access fileRef withwrite permission
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