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From: Miguel Torikachvili <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Problem saving a new file
Date: 20 October 2012 04:37:21 GMT+01:00
To: email@hidden

You can use this to set manually the file`s path, name and content every time the script runs:

set pathToDocuments to (path to documents folder)
set pathToFolder to (choose folder default location (pathToDocuments))
set nameFile to text returned of (display dialog "Set new file name:" default answer "New Notes.rtf")
set newFile to (pathToDocuments & nameFile as string)

tell application "TextEdit"
activate
make new document with properties {path:newFile}
set text of document 1 to text returned of (display dialog "New file content:" default answer "Simple test")
save document 1 in newFile
quit
end tell

That's an interesting way of doing this - it let's me select a folder in Documents if I want to. However in the set newFile line shouldn't it be pathToFolder rather than pathToDocuments, to allow for the folder I've selected in Documents? If I make this change though the make new document line doesn't work while if I make a new folder in the choose folder action the set newFile line doesn't seem to work.

Eric