open file, applescript, POSIX

[BNig]

Jim,

try

set filePath to POSIX file "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg" as
text

this gives you something like:
"Macintosh HD:Users:jimsims:Pictures:art:01pigs1.500.jpg"

then you use this to open files without the 'as posix file', this should
work for all scriptable programs.
I dont have Photoshop elements, so I can not try this but the format you get
in filePath is the standard text format for a path on a Mac.
The posix variant ist probably not understood by Photoshop elements and was
introduced to make calls to the shell easier.

it should work
regards to you and your pigs :)
Bernd




Jim Sims wrote:
> 
> --The following works
> set filepath to "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg"
> tell application "Preview"
> 	activate
> 	open file filepath as POSIX file
> end tell
> 
> -- This works ONLY if I drop the POSIX  
> set filepath to "/Users/jimsims/Pictures/art/01pigs1.500.jpg"
> tell application "Photoshop Elements 4.0"
> 	activate
> 	open file filepath -- as POSIX file
> end tell
> 
> Why does Photoshop Elements 4.0 refuse and Preview say OK?
> 
> I need to open files in particular applications (not just the default  
> application). Launch seems interesting but only useful if one is  
> opening the application for the first time. I only need this for OS X.
> 
> Surely there is some kind of universal way to open files with a given  
> application on OS X?
> 
> 
> sims
> 

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