Re: reading a file in an applescript.
Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- Subject: Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- From: Doug Meade <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:58:38 -0400
- Thread-topic: reading a file in an applescript.
Title: Re: reading a file in an applescript.
Thanks Mark.
The "theTextFile" was set to a mac path.
Like your example:
Macintosh HD:this:is:where:it:is:foo.txt"
Specifically :
tell application "Finder"
set theScriptPath to (container of application file (path to me) as Unicode text)
end tell
set theTextFile to (theScriptPath & replyTemplateName)
set targetFile to theTextFile
set readHandle to (open for access targetFile)
set fileText to (read readHandle for (get eof readHandle))
close access readHandle
FileText
The last 4 lines are your code (thank you).
But I still get the “Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier.” error and the editor highlights readHandle
Do I need to do something special to “enable” file system functions?
Thanks a lot!
Doug
> From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:44:57 -0400
> To: Doug Meade <email@hidden>
> Cc: <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: reading a file in an applescript.
>
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Doug Meade <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks!
>> New to applescript ...
>> I'm trying to read a file in an applescript.
>>
>> I've tried a number of different syntax options.
>> The most simple is:
>>
>> read theTextFile
>
> Welll, that won't work, first of all, but what is the value of
> "theTextFile"? Are you setting it to a file name, an alias, the
> result of an open for access call, or what?
>
> Here's a model:
>
> set targetFile to (choose file with prompt "Pick a file")
> set readHandle to (open for access targetFile)
> set fileText to (read readHandle for (get eof readHandle))
> close access readHandle
> fileText
>
> If you have a filename you want to read, instead of prompting the user
> for the file interactively, then you should
>
> set targetFile to file "Macintosh HD:this:is:where:it:is:foo.txt"
>
> or
>
> set targetFile to POSIX file "/this/is/where/it/is/foo.txt"
>
> the rest is the same.
> --
> Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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