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Re: can't make document
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Re: can't make document


  • Subject: Re: can't make document
  • From: Dave Stewart <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 14:15:12 -0800

On Feb 23, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Wesley Smith pondered:

>
> Hi,

Hi Wes!

>
> I'm sure that there is someting basic that I'm not getting right, but
> I can't
> seem to get the read function or the open for access of the standard
> additions
> dictionary to work for me. Previously, I've set a variable as a file
> reference, and I've verified that everything is in order, but when I
> do say
> "open for access (file reference)", I get the message "can't make
> document
> file FILENAME of folder FOLDER of disk DISK".

Maybe I'm way off base here, but it's typical to forget the "file" ...

open for access file (file reference)

I've done this myself, which is why I remembered it.
;-)

>
> I don't know what this message means since the file exists already and
> I'm not
> trying to make it. Is the script trying to make a file? All I want
> to do is
> open a text file and scan a few lines, and return a few values.
>
> any suggestions?

Yup, just add that little 4 letter F word. Not that one, I mean the
word "file".

Hoping this helped ...


Dave Stewart
Aqua-flo Supply (Goleta)
dstewart at aquaflo dot com

Vincent van Gogh visits his psychiatrist, a bloodstained bandage draped
around his ear (or rather, the ear that was). Dutifully, he lies down
on
the couch, his face serene, despite his physical pain. The doctor is
agitated and nonplussed. When he finds the words, he shakes his head
slowly:
"No, no, no, Vincent. I said, take a year off."
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