how can i create and write a simple textedit document with applescript

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julianderl Author

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how can i create and write a simple textedit document with applescript

I want to let applescript write a document and save it on the desktop

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Posted on Mar 1, 2015 6:06 AM

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red_menace

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Mar 1, 2015 6:33 AM in response to julianderl

How about:

set theFile to ((path to desktop folder) as text) & "Script Test.rtf"
tell application "TextEdit"
  make new document with properties {name:"Script Test", text:"It was a dark and stormy night..."}
  save front document in file theFile
end tell

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