Opening Word 98 files (Classic) from OS X

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#1

Hi, It is finally time to crank out the writing project. After reviewing several ideas I decided that it makes sense to open 3 Word documents at the same time. One for the writing, one for notes and one for character development.

Naturally I want the windows to open in the same location but until I get the script to run, that will be a secondary question. I can’t get the following script to run. It has been saved as an application. I am told the resource forks are not set up the same with current AppleScripts as before and because of this you have to use your scripts under Panther as applications.

I will also mention that I don’t know very much about AppleScript or changing recourse forks. But I think I know enough about using AS that the following should work. When I start this in Panther, it launched Word but opens no documents. Also it starts Classic but Classic seems to hang. I have tried starting Classic before the script and classic still seems to hang when the script is triggered.

I was thinking this should be quick and easy to do. Just open three files. But I can’t do it. I would appreciate anyones help with this.

Thanks much

Word is Word 98 (Classic application)
10.3 is my OS
script editor is version 2.0
AppleScript 1.9.3

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tell application “Microsoft Word”

open "JupiterX:Users:davegroover:Writing Project:BOOK ONE"
open "JupiterX:Users:davegroover:Writing Project:BOOK ONE's Notes"
open "JupiterX:Users:davegroover:Writing Project:BOOK ONE's Characters"

end tell

#2

This is a common error. You are not coercing a path string to an actual path and the application doesn’t know how to deal with it. So, you can try this:

set source_folder to "JupiterX:Users:davegroover:Writing Project:"
set the_files to {"BOOK ONE", "BOOK ONE's Notes", "BOOK ONE's Characters"}
tell application "Microsoft Word"
	repeat with this_file in the_files
		open ((source_folder & (this_file as string)) as alias)
	end repeat
end tell

Jon

#3

THank you