ApplescriptObjC Get parent folder of file(s) (using container)

I'm trying to bring this little script into ApplescriptObjC
At the moment I get an error that I can only assume is to do with the alias? But i'm not sure how to correct this.
set resultFiles to (choose file with prompt "Please select images:" with multiple selections allowed without invisible) -- list of aliases
set firstFile to first item in resultFiles's contents
log firstFile
tell application "Finder" to set fileLocation to container of firstFile
set resultFilesFolder to (fileLocation as string)
In xcode I have written it like this
on loadedFiles_(sender)
        set resultFiles to (choose file with prompt "Please select images:" without invisible with multiple selections allowed) -- list of aliases
        set firstFile to first item in resultFiles's contents
        tell application "Finder" to set fileLocation to container of firstFile
        setresultFilesFolder_(fileLocation as string)
    end loadedFiles_
and my error is this
2014-06-09 15:37:32.654 OpenSesame[2081:303] *** -[AppDelegate setresultFilesFolder:]: unrecognized selector sent to object <AppDelegate @0x6080000295a0: OSAID(4) ComponentInstance(0x810000)>
2014-06-09 15:37:32.658 OpenSesame[2081:303] *** -[AppDelegate loadedFiles:]: *** -[AppDelegate setresultFilesFolder:]: unrecognized selector sent to object <AppDelegate @0x6080000295a0: OSAID(4) ComponentInstance(0x810000)> (error -10000)

Sorry I tried this, trying help from the macscripter site too.
Thanks
set openPanel to current application's NSOpenPanel's openPanel()
openPanel's setMessage:"Please select images:"
openPanel's setShowsHiddenFiles:false
openPanel's setAllowsMultipleSelection:true
set returnCode to openPanel's runModal() as integer
if returnCode = (current application's NSFileHandlingPanelOKButton) as integer then
set firstFile to openPanel's URLs()'s firstObject()'s |path|()
set resultFilesFolder to firstFile's stringByDeletingLastPathComponent() as text
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