Pass file path through a variable

Question

I have a script that works when I place path directly instead of variable, but I will need that path to come from java script, so I need to replace it with a variable, but when I do that, it doesn't work any more and it the same path, but running the script tells me that it can't find the file (and file is there ).
_*Working script:*_
set ScriptPath to (path to applications folder as text) & "Adobe Illustrator CS4:Presets.localized:enUS:Scripts:_NDF_ILLbasicWebTemplates.jsx" as alias
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
activate
open file "SPACE:Marketing:webTemplatesCreation:working:template.pdf"
set Doc_Ref to the current document
tell Doc_Ref
do javascript ScriptPath
end tell
end tell
_*Not working:*_
set myTemplate to "/SPACE/Marketing/webTemplatesCreation/working/template.pdf" as alias
set ScriptPath to (path to applications folder as text) & "Adobe Illustrator CS4:Presets.localized:enUS:Scripts:_NDF_ILLbasicWebTemplates.jsx" as alias
tell application "Adobe Illustrator"
activate
open myTemplate
set Doc_Ref to the current document
tell Doc_Ref
do javascript ScriptPath
end tell
end tell
I tried different versions: like with '/Volumes' in the beginning and with out 'as alias' for the variable. And none of it helps. The file is on the server and not on my system.
Thank you very much for your help.
Yulia.

Answer 1

You need to use a colon-delimited path. If the JavaScript returns a slash-delimited one, run:
set myTemplate to POSIX file "/SPACE/Marketing/webTemplatesCreation/working/template.pdf"
or:
set the_string to "/SPACE/Marketing/webTemplatesCreation/working/template.pdf"
set new_string to ""
repeat with this_char from 2 to (count the_string)
if item this_char of the_string is "/" then
set new_string to new_string & ":"
else
set new_string to new_string & item this_char of the_string
end if
end repeat
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