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 [log in to unmask]