macOS Applescript Error, End of file error

[thriftinkid]

Hey guys,

I have been using this script on another machine using an automator workflow, and it has been running fine.

When I switch to a different computer I got the following error:

Applescript Error

End of line (-39)

Here is the following applescript I found that I have been using:

	--direct to your plain text file with addresses, and name, tab delimited
	set sourceFile to open for access "Macintosh HD:Users:CS4:Movies:address.txt"
	set theAddressDOC to read sourceFile
	close access sourceFile
	
	set pcount to count paragraphs in theAddressDOC
	repeat with i from 1 to number of paragraphs in theAddressDOC
		set this_item to paragraph i of theAddressDOC
		
		set Name_text to "" -- set to blank
		-- using try so if there is a an error, in this case it will be when the is no name, the script will carry on
		-- instead of stopping. The Name_text will reamin as "" if it does
		try
			--use delimiters (tab) in this case to split the result of this_item and try to set Name_text to the name
			set AppleScript's text item delimiters to tab
			set para_text to text of this_item
			--get the second half of paragraph
			set Name_text to text item 2 of para_text
		end try
		--get the first half of paragraph
		set address_text to text item 1 of para_text
		
		--reset the delimiters
		set AppleScript's text item delimiters to ""
		
		set theAddress to address_text
		
		-- direct to a doc of what you want the email to say in plain text
		set sourceFile to open for access "Macintosh HD:Users:CS4:Movies:web links body text.txt"
		set theletter to read sourceFile
		close access sourceFile
		
		-- What is the subject of the Emails
		set theSubject to "Here Are Your Requested Uploaded Links"
		
		-- Check to see if Name_text contains a name or not
		if Name_text is "" then
			--if no name
			set theBody to " you to view" & theletter
			
		else
			--the must be a name
			set theBody to "Here are the links for " & Name_text & theletter
		end if
		theBody
		
		
		-- Choose the account to send the message from
		set theSender to "cscomcastcable@gmail.com"
		
		tell application "Mail"
			
			set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:theBody & return & return}
			tell newMessage
				-- Default is false. Determines whether the compose window will
				-- show on the screen or whether it will happen in the background.
				set visible to true
				set sender to theSender
				make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theAddress}
				tell content
					tell application "Mail"
						send newMessage
					end tell
					-- delay to allow the Mail program to send and not bog down, adjust as needed
					delay 10
				end tell
			end tell
		end tell
		
	end repeat

Automator highlighted read sourcFile in the line:

"set theletter to read sourceFile"

Any idea what's going on here? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[lee1210]

This might be something you've already checked, but on the other machine does the file:
Macintosh HD:Users:CS4:Movies:web links body text.txt
exist?

If it does exist, does it have a non-zero size?

-Lee

 

[thriftinkid]

This might be something you've already checked, but on the other machine does the file:
Macintosh HD:Users:CS4:Movies:web links body text.txt
exist?

If it does exist, does it have a non-zero size?

-Lee

Yeah it exists. I double checked the path as well to make sure it wasn't misspelled or looking for the file in the wrong place.

 

[thriftinkid]

Yeah it exists. I double checked the path as well to make sure it wasn't misspelled or looking for the file in the wrong place.

I actually think I figure it out LEE. It was a permissons issue for writing to that folder. I have taken care of it. There are some other issues, but I'm going to look into them for a bit first before posting again. Save you guys the headache

 

[schruteBeets]

I actually think I figure it out LEE. It was a permissons issue for writing to that folder. I have taken care of it. There are some other issues, but I'm going to look into them for a bit first before posting again. Save you guys the headache

thriftinkid, I'm having a very similar issue with one of my scripts and it'd be helpful to me if you could post whatever your fix was as I am sure we won't be the only ones to have this problem in the future. Thanks man.

 

[mysterytramp]

One possible way to debug something like this is to use a try block.

try
	set theLetter to read sourceFile
on error error_message number error_number
	display alert "Error number: " & (error_number as string) & return ¬
		& ("Message: ") & error_message
end try

The error numbers and messages can be obtuse, but they can provide at least a clue to what's wrong.

mt