"open file" Not working with Photoshop CS2

Question

System
MAc Pro Dual Quad 3Ghz, OS X 10.5.2
I have a script that I wrote a while ago to take a series of individual bitmaps and compile them into a strip for access inanothe application. Script used to work well....
I tried to use the script today but ran into a brick wall when trying to open files from within the script.
below is an example of a script that will not work at all,
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
open file "AV:logo:rot0001.png"
end tell
I normally pass the function a variable for the filenames...but the above script should work fine.. but flatly refuses to !
Below is the Error returned.
Adobe Photoshop CS2 got an error: General Photoshop error occurred.
- The object “current document” is not currently available.
Arghhhh Help !!
Rgds
Chris

Answer 1

Hello
Perhaps your script used to work under pre-OSX10.5 (AppleScript 1.x) but now fails under OSX10.5 (AppleScript 2.x)?
If so, the most likely cause is the drastic change in internal text handling between them. In AS2.x, internal text is Unicode only, which might prevent PSCS2 from resolving 'file path_string' descriptor (when path_string is assumed to be plain 'string', not Unicode text).
Try the following code instead -
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
open ("AV:logo:rot0001.png" as alias)
end tell
Or -
set a to "AV:logo:rot0001.png" as alias
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS2"
open a
end tell
Hope this may help,
H