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Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
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Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!


  • Subject: Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
  • From: Robert Seckendorf <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:01:58 -0800

Thanks for the info Emmanuel...

Rob S.

> From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 18:34:31 +0100
> To: Robert Seckendorf <email@hidden>,
> <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: More help with Photoscripter Please!!!
>
> At 17:29 +0100 5/02/01, Robert Seckendorf wrote:
>
>> set fileRef to a reference to the file "disk:folder:file"
>>
>> tell application "Adobe. Photoshop. 5.5"
>> activate
>> open file fileRef
>> end tell
>
> Think of "a reference to" as a text shortcut: AppleScript will just replace
> genuinely any mention to "fileRef" with what it refers to, without even
> trying to evaluate it: you can make a reference to file "not_a_disk:
> not_a_file".
>
> So, you're just running:
>
> -----------------------
> tell app... to open file file "disk:folder:file"
> -----------------------
>
> obviously not what you meant.
>
> Note that a usual way of opening a file is to use Finder's dictionary:
>
> ------------------------
> tell application "Finder" to open alias theFilePath using alias theAppPath
> ------------------------
>
>
> HTH
>
> Emmanuel


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