Re: puzzled with script syntax error
Re: puzzled with script syntax error
- Subject: Re: puzzled with script syntax error
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:20:10 +1000
On 27/6/02 5:39 AM +1000, Lui, email@hidden, wrote:
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I am puzzled at what's going on...
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I am trying to read a file from disk and put its
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content into a FileMaker Pro database. But I get an
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error on the syntex and have no idea what is wrong.
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Please help!
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Chunk of Script:
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set fileRef to alias "Macintosh HD:
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Users:sharon:file1.txt"
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open for access fileRef
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set _result to (read fileRef)
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close access fileRef
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When trying to save the script in FileMaker's 'Specify
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Applescript' window, I get error:
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'Expected ", " but found ideentifier. (Error -2741).'
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with the word 'fileRef' in '(read fileRef)'
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highlighted.
FileMaker thinks the read command belongs to it. Try using "my read
fileRef".
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden
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