Can anyone help me sort out this slightly baffling question?
I have a script that uses a unix utility to create an .ODT (Open Document Text format) file in the temporary folder, then sets an alias for it, hides the ODT extension, and opens the file in TextEdit. Here is a bit of the code:
tell application "Finder"
set fileAlias to POSIX file odtPOSIX as alias
end tell
tell application "Finder"
try
set extension hidden of fileAlias to true
on error
display dialog "Can't hide odt extension" with title msgTitle buttons {"OK"} giving up after 5
end try
end tell
tell application "TextEdit"
open fileAlias
activate
windows where name contains nameOnly
if result is not {} then set index of item 1 of result to 1
end tell
But the set fileAlias line produces this error in the log:
get POSIX file “/private/var/folders/sm/04hq0wgx7qg27h7dn93rlgp40000gn/T/TemporaryItems/BIBLIO_I.odt”
Error: no such object (e.g. specifier asked for the 3rd, but there are only 2) (errAENoSuchObject:-1728)
What beginner’s error am I making here?