Open file(including external file) problem on Lion

Question

I have a problem with AppleScript on Lion (OS 10.7) and cannot know what to do...
I'd like to open an alias file which has some external files. (For example, adobe illustrator's .ai file with some .png or Logic Pro file with audio files) But I cannot do it, it was working perfectoly on Mac OS 10.6. It seems file system had changed on Lion....??
Opening normal file on Lion >> it works.
tell application "Finder"
  activate
          open file "test.rtf" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home
end tell
Opening an alias of normal file on Lion >> it works.
tell application "Finder"
  activate
  open file "testAlias" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home
end tell
Opening an file with external files on Lion >> it works.
tell application "Finder"
  activate
  open file "testWithImagefiles.ai" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home
end tell
Opening an alias file with external files >> it works on 10.6 but NOT on Lion, just open the window ...
tell application "Finder"
  activate
  open file "testWithImagefiles.ai" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home
end tell
Is there any idea? 

Answer 1

I'm not sure what the problem here is - your statement that it "just opens the window" doesn't mean much.  opens what window?  a FInder window? an new illustrator window? a window in your living room? (the last would be very cool, mind you...)
at any rate, I think the problem is in some confusion over the word 'alias'.  In applescript, alias just means any file system referent: e.g. alias "HD:Users:yourname" is a path specification for your home folder.  file system objects that point to other file system objects are referred to as alias files.  so try one of these two versions instead:
  -- using alias file directly
          open alias file "testWithImagefilesAlias" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home
  -- resolving alias file first
          open original item of (alias file "testWithImagefilesAlias" of folder "scriptTest" of folder "Desktop" of home)