Learning AppleScript for Beginners » choose file http://www.scriptsforapple.com Discussions on AppleScripting, with emphasis on tutorials for those new to scripting. Example scripts of general utility, as well as some that relate to specific applications (FileMaker Pro, AppleWorks, Script Editor, specialized scripts and others). Some discussion of HyperCard and AppleScript and the Classic (OS9) environment Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Choose File Dialogs http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-dialogs/ http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-dialogs/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:23:56 +0000 admin http://www.scriptsforapple.com/?p=647 In this post, we continue with the ‘choose file’ command. Like the ‘choose folder’ command, it returns a reference pointer to the actual file that it represents. In this case, it returns an alias reference to a document such as:

set theFile to choose file with prompt "Select a file to open:"

With the following result:alias “Macintosh [...]]]> http://www.scriptsforapple.com/choose-file-dialogs/feed/ 0