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Re: [NEWBIE] Open file
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Re: [NEWBIE] Open file


  • Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] Open file
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 10:10:58 -0800

On 11/5/02 9:40 AM, "Stiphane Pinel" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I'm not sure to be clear:
>
> I don't want to launch a file from a script but get a ref to it so I'm able
> to read/write in the file.

Ah, that wasn't clear. Then just avoid the Finder:



set myPath to (path to me as string) -- use (path to me) as Unicode text
in AS 1.8.3 and later for non-European filepaths included

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {":"}
set myFolderPath to (text items 1 thru -2 of myPath) as string & ":"
-- again 'as Unicode text' if AS 1.8.3 or later

set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}

try
set myTextFile to alias (myFolderPath & "myfile.txt")
on error
beep
display dialog "You have no such \"myfile.txt\" file in the same
folder as this script." buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 0
return
end try

set fileRef to open for access myTextFile with write permission
--set eof fileRef to 0 -- to overwrite
write "any nonsense" to fileRef -- starting at (get eof fileRef) -- to
append
close access fileRef

--
Paul Berkowitz
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