Just change "file" to "alias".
Silly me. Yes, that worked. Thank you! (But it still _should_
work as “file” as it does with names shorter that 64 characters.)
However when used as a variable, it still doesn't work:
-- this works
tell application "BBEdit" to open alias
"Drive:Users:me:Desktop:I Once Had a Sparrow Alight Upon My Shoulderaaaabbbbbzzz12345678"
-- this doesn't work
set x to "Drive:Users:me:Desktop:I Once Had a Sparrow Alight
Upon My Shoulderaaaabbbbbzzz12345678"
tell application "BBEdit" to open alias x
--it only works for names longer than 63 characters as:
tell application "BBEdit" to open x
Ah, the joys of AppleScript. I hear AppleScript 2.0 is an
exciting upgrade!
Thanks again.
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