Thanks for the code and info, Kay.
JB
> On Apr 2, 2016, at 10:53 AM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 4:48 PM, JB <sund...@pacifier.com> wrote:
>> If I open a file for read or write and the file does
>> not exist it will be created.
>
> Just to clarify, that statement is incorrect.
>
> If you open a file for 'write' and the file does not exist, it will be
> created.
>
> if you open a file for 'read' and the file does not exist 'the result'
> will be "can't open that file" and NO file is created.
>
> on mouseUp
> set the defaultFolder to specialFolderPath("documents")
> open file "this is a test.lcdoc" for read
> if (the result is "can't open that file") then
> --check if a file was created
> if (there is a file "this is a test.lcdoc") then
> answer "A file was created!"
> else
> answer "The file was NOT created."
> end if
> else
> answer "You can read from it now!"
> end if
> end mouseUp
>
> Please also note that Richmond's example is misleading. If you use
> 'read from file' without first using 'open file' then regardless of
> whether the file exists or not, 'it' will always be empty.
>
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