I am trying to write a simple script to delete a file.  The script looks
like this:

set firstfile to "Macintosh HD:Users:PRG03:Library:Preferences:Suitcase
Preferences:FontTrackingFile"
if file firstfile exists then
	set myresult to delete firstfile
end if

This file exists.  The "if" test was added in an attempt to debug the
problem.  I am getting the following message when I run the script.  It
occurs on the "set first file to" line:

"Can't make file Macintosh HD:Users:PRG03:Library:Preferences:Suitcase
Preferences:FontTrackingFile into type reference."

I have also tried this with the same result:

set firstfile to file "Macintosh
HD:Users:PRG03:Library:Preferences:Suitcase
Preferences:FontTrackingFile"

I am using SD4 on OS X 10.4.8.

Any thoughts?

TIA!
R,
John A.M. Darnell
Team Leader
Walsworth Publishing Company
Brookfield, MO
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