Re: Problems Writing to a File
Re: Problems Writing to a File
- Subject: Re: Problems Writing to a File
- From: Steve Suranie <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:05:36 -0500
- Thread-topic: Problems Writing to a File
Same problem, with or without the tell block. Could this be some sort of
issue with Tiger?
On 11/10/05 1:53 PM, "Michelle Steiner" <email@hidden> wrote:
> On Nov 10, 2005, at 11:20 AM, Steve Suranie wrote:
>
>> set theFilePath to (path to desktop) &
>> "archiveTool:htmlFiles:tempFile.txt"
>> as string
>> set theContent to "This is a test"
>>
>> my writeFile(theFilePath, theContent)
>>
>> on writeFile(theFilePath, theContent)
>> tell application "Finder"
>> set f to (open for access theFilePath with write permission)
>> write theContent to f
>> close access f
>> end tell
>> end writeFile
>>
>> I get an error message in the subroutine telling me the Finder
>> cannot find
>> the file. I've tried open for access file theFilePath, open for
>> access alias
>> theFilePath, wrapping it in a tell application "Finder" call and I
>> still get
>> the same error.
>
> Once I created the required nested folders on my desktop, your code
> worked with modifications; I removed the Tell block (it is not
> required).
>
> Double check your original code to ensure there are no typos in the
> string containing the path name.
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