Open a file for reading

Question

Hello,
I have a text file and I want to read each line at a time.
I try to make a script but I have an error at begining that I don't understand :
-- START CODE
set WordListeChoose to (path to (choose file with prompt " Choose a file" default location (path to documents folder)))
set fileID to open for access file WordListeChoose
-- END CODE
I'm getting an error "Can't make alias "Macintosh HD:Users:hdrapin:text.txt:" into type constant.
The first Variable's content it's the alias to the path...
What did I missed ?
Thanks a lot
HDR

Answer 1

HDR:
You are very close. When you set your variable (WordListeChoose), you do not need to set it to the path to the file chosen, just set it to the chosen file directly. Using this method, you also do not need to use the term file when you open that chosen file for access. This script functions correctly:
set WordListeChoose to choose file with prompt " Choose a file" default location (path to documents folder)
set fileID to open for access WordListeChoose
set read_File to read fileID
close access fileID
set each_Line to every paragraph of read_File
-->{"try to duplicate this", "and this", "and this as well.", "", "There is one blank line above", "and two below", "", "", ""}
After you have read the file, you can create a list that contains every line of the chosen file, as I have shown.
Good luck,
Message was edited by: casdvm