OT -- AppleScript Help

[Bruce Robertson]

It is best practice to eliminate tell statements where they are not  
required.

Finder is not necessary for this command.

choose folder
set f to result

On Oct 28, 2009, at 2:45 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

>> 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
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