Try taking the " ' " out of the hard drive name, ie. re name the hard
drive to "BillsHD" instead of "Bill'sHD"

then change this line from:
	open file "Bill'sHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"
to:
	open file "BillsHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"

See if that works

if that's not particularly palatable then you could also try (in the script only):
	open file "Bill\'sHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"

But I don't know if the \ is the escape character in apple script, someone here will correct me if i'm wrong.

Dave.



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> > Topics of the day:
> > 
> >   1. Opening in Tex-Edit Plus in Snow Leopard (5)
> I have a script that does some text processing, saves a file, then opens the file in Tex-Edit Plus. Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard that no longer works. Tex-Edit Plus just opens an empty window.
> 
> So I turned on Record, used Tex-Edit to open a file. Got the same thing I already have in my script:
> 
> tell application "Tex-Edit Plus"
>     activate
>     open file "Bill'sHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"
> end tell
> 
> But when I run the recorded script, it opens the same empty untitled window. (Note: Tex-Edit preferences are set to *not* open an empty window on activation.)
> 
> This was in the new "Applescript Editor."  I still have the old Script Editor, but it doesn't work in that either, and Script Editor tends to quit now and then. 
> 
> Tried the same procedure on another machine running Leopard, and it works properly.
> 
> Suggestions?
> 
> Bill Steele
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> On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
> 
> > I have a script that does some text processing, saves a file, then opens the file in Tex-Edit Plus. Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard that no longer works. Tex-Edit Plus just opens an empty window.
> > 
> > So I turned on Record, used Tex-Edit to open a file. Got the same thing I already have in my script:
> > 
> > tell application "Tex-Edit Plus"
> >   activate
> >   open file "Bill'sHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"
> > end tell
> > 
> > But when I run the recorded script, it opens the same empty untitled window. (Note: Tex-Edit preferences are set to *not* open an empty window on activation.)
> > 
> > This was in the new "Applescript Editor."  I still have the old Script Editor, but it doesn't work in that either, and Script Editor tends to quit now and then. 
> > 
> > Tried the same procedure on another machine running Leopard, and it works properly.
> > 
> > Suggestions?
> 
> 
> Have you tried with posix paths or aliases?
> 
> -Mark
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 4:57 PM, Mark Lively wrote:
> 
> > On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Bill Steele wrote:
> > 
> >> I have a script that does some text processing, saves a file, then opens the file in Tex-Edit Plus. Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard that no longer works. Tex-Edit Plus just opens an empty window.
> >> 
> >> So I turned on Record, used Tex-Edit to open a file. Got the same thing I already have in my script:
> >> 
> >> tell application "Tex-Edit Plus"
> >>  activate
> >>  open file "Bill'sHD:Users:billsteele:Desktop:foo.txt"
> >> end tell
> >> 
> >> But when I run the recorded script, it opens the same empty untitled window. (Note: Tex-Edit preferences are set to *not* open an empty window on activation.)
> >> 
> >> This was in the new "Applescript Editor."  I still have the old Script Editor, but it doesn't work in that either, and Script Editor tends to quit now and then. 
> >> 
> >> Tried the same procedure on another machine running Leopard, and it works properly.
> >> 
> >> Suggestions?
> > 
> > 
> > Have you tried with posix paths or aliases?
> > 
> > -Mark
> 
> 
> Aliases yes, posix paths no.  We'll try that tomorrow morning. But either way, what bugs me is that it won't play back what it recorded. 
> 
> Bill Steele
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> On Dec 06, 2010, at 16:35, Bill Steele wrote:
> > Aliases yes, posix paths no.  We'll try that tomorrow morning. But either way, what bugs me is that it won't play back what it recorded. 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> Curious.  I just tried it on 10.6.5, and it worked perfectly.  I even created a file path with an apostrophe in it.
> 
> --
> Chris=
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 3:48 PM, Tom Bender wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible that the single quote in “Bill’sHD” is not ASCII? Does it change if TEP is already open when the script runs?
> 
> It is ASCII, and no other script has ever cared, and no. 
> 
> But it turns out it did work with alias, once I found the right finicky syntax. You can't say "foo as alias."  Has to be "alias foo."
> 
> Apparently inconsistent with -- or at least fussier than -- Leopard and others preceding. 
> 
> Bill Steele
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