Problems understanding open text for access, please help

Question

Hi all,
I'm experiencing some problems with this script, and I think knowing what the error is will help me a lot to understand better how applescript handles access to files.
When i launch this script it tells me somethihng like "document some object has not been opened" (could be slightly different in english).
So, i guess is a problem with openening and closing, but as you can see i open and close the doc, so I shouldn't encounter this problem. Do I?
Thanks for any tip!
set Report to "myfile.txt"
-- in case previously not closed I'll close again
try
  close access Report
end try
set the_file to (open for access Report with write permission)
write return to the_file starting at eof
write "test" to the_file
write return to the_file
write return to the_file
close access the_file
repeat with numero from 1 to 3
  write numero to the_file starting at eof
  write return to the_file
  write return to the_file
  close access the_file
end repeat

Answer 1

Each time your application is run the files associated with it will also be released, so all you need to do is make sure that each open is balanced with a close.  This can be done easiest by using a handler that has been tested, so you don't have to worry about leaving something out elsewhere in your script.  For example:
on run -- example
          set report to ((path to desktop) as text) & "myFile.txt"
  write_toFile_("testing one" & return, report)
  write_toFile_("testing two, three" & return, report)
  write_toFile_("testing again" & return, report)
end run
on write_toFile_(someThing, someFile)
  try
    set theOpenFile to (open for access someFile with write permission)
    write someThing to theOpenFile starting at eof
    close access theOpenFile
  on error -- make sure file is closed on any error
    try
      close access theOpenFile
    end try
  end try
end write_toFile_