basic applescript opening directorys problem?

[boomtopper]

Hi everyone,
I am currently learing applescript and have a fairly basic problem that i can't work out. Heres the code:-

tell application "Finder"
	set chosenDir to text returned of (display dialog "Open this directory" default answer "/usr/bin/")
	open folder (POSIX file chosenDir)
end tell

What this should do is display a dialog box and ask for a directory. For this i have set it up to open "/usr/bin/". The next part should open the directory but it does not. This part of the code is where the problem is and i can't figure it out.
Cheers, Richard

 

[boomtopper]

its all cool now i sat down and tried to work it out and have managed to. Here is the results!

tell application "Finder"
	set chosenDir to text returned of (display dialog "Open this directory" default answer "/usr/bin/")
	open folder (chosenDir as POSIX file)
end tell

as you can see the problem originally was becuase i was trying to open a string. When what i needed to do is cast the string to a POSIX file and bobs your uncle.

cheers, Richard