How do I get this path as string or alias?

Hi all,
In what I posted below (an abridged version of my script) I’m getting an error trying to set the variable theFilePath. I know it’s because the variable thePath is in the format “folder ‘Print_files’ of folder ‘examples’ of folder ‘test’ …”, instead of alias or string format. How can I get the path I want in the right format? Thanks.

on open theItems
	tell application "Finder"
		set theFile to item 1 of theItems
		set theFilesContainer to container of theFile
		try
			set thePath to (make new folder at theFilesContainer with properties {name:"Print_files"})
		on error --if Print_files already exists
			set thePath to folder "Print_files" of theFilesContainer 
		end try
		set {year:y, month:m, day:d} to (current date)
		set theDate to (y * 10000 + m * 100 + d) as string
		tell theDate to text 5 thru 6 & "." & text 7 thru 8 & "." & text 3 thru 4
		set theDate to result
		set theLogFile to theDate & "_ImposPrintLog.txt"
		set theFilePath to thePath & theLogFile as string -- <--error
	end tell
end open

Hi,


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set theFilePath to ((thePath as string) & theLogFile)
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Yay! Thanks!