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Re: write to file in Filemaker
From:
Paul Berkowitz <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:28:06 -0800
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On 3/29/06 12:20 PM, "Bill Steele" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> On 3/29/06 1:07 PM, Bill Steele <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>>>  But in Filemaker 8's "Perform Applescript" function this gives an error
>>>  "Expected end of line but found identifier" with theText highlighted.
>>> 
>>>  Seems especially stupid to let me open a file but not write to it. What's
>>>  going on here?
>> 
>> I've noticed this before, too. For some reason wrapping it all in a Finder
>> tell-block will make it work.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> 
>> Bill
> 
> Unfortunately, it's already in a Tex-Edit Plus tell block.  I think I
> can work around with TE's stupefy, but it's still annoying.

Just write a one-line handler that does the writing, outside any tell block,
and call the handler.

-- 
Paul Berkowitz

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