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Re: Error -43 when attempting to write to file
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Re: Error -43 when attempting to write to file


  • Subject: Re: Error -43 when attempting to write to file
  • From: Mark Butcher <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:47:37 -0800

Aaron

I'm pretty sure you can't define a property in that way. Maybe someone with better understanding of AS will be able to explain it.

You could try this:

global theTargetFile

on log_to_file(myText)
try
set TargetFile to (((path to home folder as string) & "output.txt") as string) as file specification
open for access theTargetFile with write permission
write (myText) to theTargetFile starting at eof
close access theTargetFile
on error errMsg number errNum from objErr partial result errList to errClass
display dialog errMsg & ". Error number: " & errNum & " in log_to_file function" giving up after 3
end try
end log_to_file


Of course, if you only use TargetFile in this handler, you don't need to declare it as a global.

MarkB


On Nov 16, 2004, at 2:24 PM, Aaron Rosenblum wrote:

Hey all,

I wrote this code to write lines to an output file.

I have a property defined at the top of my script:

property theTargetFile : (((path to home folder as string) & "output.txt") as string) as file specification

and then I have this subroutine that logs lines to a file:

on log_to_file(myText)
try
open for access theTargetFile with write permission
write (myText) to theTargetFile starting at eof
close access theTargetFile
on error errMsg number errNum from objErr partial result errList to errClass
display dialog errMsg & ". Error number: " & errNum & " in log_to_file function" giving up after 3
end try
end log_to_file


It is generating the error: "File output.txt wasn't found.. Error number: -43" when some of my users run the script. However, when I run it on my laptop it works fine. Any ideas on why this is happening? Am I creating/setting access to this file the right way? Can I not define this stuff in a property?

thanks

Aaron

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