I've just started out with AppleScript and I am trying to make a "new text file" thing in Automator. I keep getting this error: "Finder got an error: Can’t make class file."
Here is my code:
tell application "Finder"
set filename to display dialog "Enter Filename" default answer "newfile"
make new file at (target of front window) with properties {name:text returned of filename, file type:text}
end tell```
A get statement is usually optional, but in this case it is needed in order to evaluate the location specifier, since the statement is in the middle of the make command - see the AppleScript Language Guide. For example:
make new file at (get target of front window) …
You can also evaluate the location specifier using a separate statement:
set destination to target of front window
make new file at destination …