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Microsoft Entourage got an error: Can't continue readHandle.

This is a terminology conflict.
Microsoft is using work "read" in the Entourage dictionary, which causes the compile error.
One solution is to create a handler:
on ReadMyFile (targetFile)
return read targetFile
end ReadMyFile

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"

my ReadMyFile (targetFile)

set fileText to the result

display dialog fileText

end tell

HTH,

On Mar 27, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Doug Meade wrote:

Thanks Ed,

I tried:
set fileText to read theTextFile

As you suggested.
I still get the following compile error:
Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier.

I get it in the word after “read” every time.

I should also mention that when I try the following syntax:
set fileText to {read, readHandle for (get eof readHandle)}
I get the following error:
Microsoft Entourage got an error: Can't continue readHandle.