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Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
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Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard


  • Subject: Re: File reference problems in Snow Leopard
  • From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:41:48 -0700
  • Thread-topic: File reference problems in Snow Leopard

On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:34:12 -0400, Elliotte Rusty Harold
<email@hidden> said:

>Speciifcally this now fails:
>
>set theFile to file "Macintosh HD:Users:elharo:Cafe Au
>Lait:support:CafeLib.scpt"

I believe this is well covered in my book. It has never been legal to assign
a file specifier to a variable. See p. 232 for some alternatives. But now
that an alias can refer to a non-existent file, I can't imagine why you
wouldn't just use that. m.

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