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Re: Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700
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Re: Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700


  • Subject: Re: Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:46:31 +1000
  • Thread-topic: Illustrator CS 3 'open' command sometimes throws error 8700

On 25/9/09 1:23 AM, "Simon Topliss" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Is the alias above a 'file path as string' stored in a variable? I've
> has problems in the past with AI preferring the string to be coerced
> as an alias directly before being used in the AI 'open' command. Eg.
> "open (filePathAsString as alias) without dialogs" seems more
> reliable, especially with files on servers.
>
> *The above is actually required in Snow Leopard. "open alias
> filePathAsString" will always error in SL.*

Not here it isn't. Are you sure you're not mixing it up with the problem of
making file references on the fly?

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
AppleScript Pro, April 2010, Florida <http://www.applescriptpro.com>


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