Here's enough of my script to indicate the problem:
tell application "TextEdit"
open alias "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt"
end tell
I get a permissions error from TextEdit:
So, although I clearly have read/write access from the GUI, accessing this or any other file from my script through TextEdit yields this error message.
Can anybody help me resolve this issue?
Applescript and Keynote-OTHER
Try changing
open alias "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt"
to
open file "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt"
Try changing
open alias "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt"
to
open file "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt"
looks like a bug in TextEdit; TextEdit's scripting has always been buggy.
This can be used as a workaround (the 'using' clause is only necessary if TextEdit is not your default text editor)
tell application "Finder"
open "Main Drive:Users:williamalford:another file.txt" using application file (path to application "TextEdit")
end tell
Thank You! That did allow me to open that file in TextEdit.
Getting permission to access a file with Applescript.
