Re: reading a file in an applescript.
Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- Subject: Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- From: Doug McNutt <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:43:43 -0600
At 13:10 -0700 3/21/08, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>On Mar 21, 2008, at 12:58 PM, Doug Meade wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
>add "as alias" after "set targetFile to the TextFile"
"the", "a", and some other articles are totally ignored by Applescript.
so. . .
set theTextFile to (theScriptPath & replyTemplateName)
does nothing to define a variable called "theTextFile"
Spaces are ignored - sometimes. And it's entirely too easy to type the value (English-like) when you mean thevalue (Programming lingo).
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