Hi,
I'm a novice and I hope someone can help me with my troubles. I'm
trying to create an applescript which downloads a file to the desktop,
then opens the file and reads it into a string:
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set the target_URL to the clipboard
set the destination_file to ((path to desktop as string) &
"maptemp.htm")

tell application "URL Access Scripting"
download target_URL to file destination_file replacing yes
end tell

open for access destination_file
set filedata to (=ABevent rdwrread=BB destination_file)
close access destination_file

--blah blah blah...--
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I tried using the standard scripting additions "read" which of course
doesn't work, but I read that the above workaround should work.
However, I am getting the error:
"Can't make <path> into a file." then "Unknown error -1700".
Am I missing something small here? I've banged my head on this for a
while!
If I could go around the saving/reading that would be even better,
downloading target_URL directly to a string.
Thanks in advance for any help or tips.
Alex