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Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1455 - 5 msgs
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Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1455 - 5 msgs


  • Subject: Re: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1455 - 5 msgs
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2002 17:33:38 +1100

On 6/1/02 2:32 PM +1000, Bill White, email@hidden, wrote:

> You don't have to open for access to read a file, only to write to one. The
> three lines could be condensed into:
>
> set myText to read ("HD:blah:blah:theFile" as alias)

Under some circumstances, and with some versions of AS, that will fail.
Using open for access is a bit more typing, a fraction slower, but more
reliable.

--
Shane Stanley, email@hidden


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