OT -- AppleScript Help

[Sarah Reichelt]

> assume: AFP mount volume "Varuna"  (server across the LAN)
> on desktop...
>
> this used to work fine as of 3 days ago
>
> (I builT the script dynamically in runRev)
>
> tell application "Finder"
>   open alias "Varuna:Ekadanta Kulam:Database:EMBs:78585 Chris Brooking:"
> end tell
>
> but today AppleScript returns
> "missing value"
>
> If I test in the ScriptEditor.app... I get the same error.

In the Script Editor, run this script:

tell application "Finder"
	choose folder
end tell

and select the folder you want. Then check exactly what it gives you
as the result.
I just did that and then opening it worked fine, so the most likely
thing is a tiny error in your file path.

Cheers,
Sarah