reading a file

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi,

There is no file quote & it & quote, but there is a file it. Quotes are 
used to define a string in a script. If you put quotes in a variable, 
they become part of that string. The following script will work:

on mouseUp
   answer file "Select a file."
   put it into thisFile
   open file thisFile
   read from file thisFile until EOF
   put it into field myOutput
   close file thisFile
end mouseUp

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On 9/22/2014 00:02, larry at significantplanet.org wrote:
> on mouseUp
>
> answer file "Select a file."
>
> put quote & it & quote into thisFile
>
> open file thisFile
>
> read from file thisFile until EOF
>
> put it into field myOutput
>
> close file thisFile
>
> end mouseUp