Re: reading a file in an applescript.
Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- Subject: Re: reading a file in an applescript.
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:49:22 -0700
On Mar 21, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Doug McNutt wrote:
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"
I didn't read it as theTextFile"; I read it as "the TextFile".
-- Michelle
--
Windows was always a mystery to me; the biggest mystery being "Why
does anyone want to use this?"
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