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Re: Leopard and "new file"
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Re: Leopard and "new file"


  • Subject: Re: Leopard and "new file"
  • From: Irwin Poche <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:30:09 -0600


On Dec 29, 2007, at 1:42 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:

On Dec 29, 2007, at 12:33 PM, Irwin Poche wrote:

According to the AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide, pages 37-39...

New File 2
The New File command displays a dialog box like the one in Figure 2-6 to
allow the user to specify a filename and a location. New File does not create a
new file; rather, it returns a reference to a file with the name and location
specified by the user. You can store the reference in a variable and pass it to
Open for Access (which in turn creates the file in the specified location) or to
any other command for which you want to specify a file that doesn’t yet exist.
New File is the only command provided by the New File scripting addition.

Oh, that was changed quite a few years ago; that's the reason I didn't recognize it.  Documentation is way out of date.

The new syntax is "choose file name", which is a more accurate description of the command's function.  Check the Standard Additions dictionary for more details about it.


Thank you Michelle.  Yes, it's out of date by what, 10 years ?
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