Script to open BBedit file

Subject: Script to open BBedit file

Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:21:30 EDT

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The clipboard contains a the name of a file that I want to open in BBedit, convert, save and then open in MS Word. I can record the actions in BBedit but I have to assign the contents of the clipboard to a variable(FILENAME) and use the variable in the open command as below. I don't know how to use the variable in the open command with proper syntax.

tell application "BBEdit"
activate
make new text window
set FILENAME to (the Clipboard)

set FILEPATH to "G5 Office Server Drive:Upload to AMC:" & FILENAME
open {FILEPATH} with LF translation
zap gremlins text 1 of text window 1 zap action delete_gremlin with filter linefeeds, non ASCII characters and controls
save text window 1
close text window 1
close text window 1
end tell

This returns an error message that "G5 Office Server Drive:Upload to AMC:123456HP.rtf"" does not understand the open message.

Can I open MS Word with Applescript? If so I would like to be able to execute a macro I wrote in VisualBasic ... can this be done in Applescript?
Thank you for any help.
Douglas McKibbin

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