Trying to write to a file - a compiler oddity

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#1

I am trying to write data to a file thus:


using terms from application "Mail"
	on perform mail action with messages theSelectedMessages
                tell application "Mail"
                   .
                   .
                   .
                end tell
                set my_file to (path to documents folder as text) & "emailblocks.csv"
		set open_file to open for access my_file with write permission
		repeat with i from 1 to number of items in data_part by 2
			set lineout to date_part & "," & item i of data_part & "," & item (i + 1) of data_part & "
"
			write lineout to open_file starting at eof
		end repeat
		close access open_file
        end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

Note the syntax for setting ‘my_file’. This is before compiling. After compiling that line is changed to:

set my_file to (path to documents folder rule type text) & "emailblocks.csv"

The next time I try to compile the script that line gets a syntax error, "Expected “, " but found property.” The words “rule type” are highlighted. I don’t know if this is causing my problem but when I run the script it appears to fail on the ‘write’. What is the compiler doing and is this why the write fails? TIA.

#2

While using terms from “Mail”, Mail seems to think something in “path to documents folder as text” means something else.

Does this work?

using terms from application "Mail"
	set my_file to ((path to documents folder) as text) & "emailblocks.csv"
end using terms from
#3

Or just try moving all this part out of the “using terms from” block.

#4

Thanks. Your first suggestion worked so I didn’t try the second. That seems to have cured both my problems.