[memory-minus]

I am attempting to modify an Entourage 2004 applescript that inserts a text file into the body of a message, seen here:

Code:
(*
	Insert Text File...
	
	Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
	
	Inserts a text file into the current message
	
	If this script is saved as an applet, you can drop files on the applet to have
	them inserted

*)

on run {}
	set theFile to choose file with prompt ¬
		"Select the file to insert"
	insertFile(theFile)
end run

on open (fileList)
	repeat with theFile in fileList
		insertFile(theFile)
	end repeat
end open

on insertFile(theFile)
	try
		set fileRef to open for access theFile
		set textToInsert to read fileRef
	on error errString
		display dialog "There was an error reading the file because:" & errString ¬
			buttons {"OK"}
		return
	end try
	
	try
		tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
			set selection to textToInsert
		end tell
	on error errString
		display dialog "This script can only insert into the body of a message" buttons {"OK"}
		return
	end try
end insertFile

What I want to change is, instead of it prompting for a file, I'd like to hard code a link to a specific file so that it automatically inserts the same txt file each time.

Code:
on run {}
	set theFile to choose file with prompt ¬
		"Select the file to insert"
	insertFile(theFile)
end run

I am having trouble figuring out exactly how to do this. I would like to set it to "~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage.txt"

This is just a one-time thing I would like to be able to do in AppleScript. Any help would be much appreciated. It's difficult to google for since I'm not even sure exactly what I am asking. Thanks!

[Synotic]

Remove the line 'set theFile to choose file with prompt "Select the file to insert"' entirely. Change insertFile(theFile) to just insertFile(). Change "on insertFile(theFile)" to "on insertFile()". Change "set fileRef to open for access theFile" to 'set fileRef to open for access file "Hard Drive Name:Desktop:file.txt"'

That, or something like it, should do it

[memory-minus]

This works great and I really appreciate it, however, I would like to be able to user the relative home directory path if possible, usually ~/, however, no combination of this seems to work (file not found error). If I hard code the path from root, it works, but I would prefer to use relative home directory because this modified script will be used by several people.

Thanks in advance!

[memory-minus]

Code:
		set filePath to POSIX path of (path to home folder) & "Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage.txt"
		set fileRef to open for access file filePath

I'm stuck here... getting the error "End of file error"

[Synotic]

Try this:

Code:
set filePath to (path to home folder) & "Documents:Microsoft User Data:Entourage.txt" as string
set fileRef to open for access (a reference to filePath)

Alternatively, if you want to skip a couple steps, you can just do:

Code:
do shell script "cat ~/Desktop/poker.txt"

[memory-minus]

LOL I feel so stupid. I could not get that to work.

Thanks for your help though!