ExtendScript mystery

[K.Daube]

Dear all,

By some erraneous editing i have situations like this:

var oDoc, oFile, sFile;
  oFile
  sFile = oFile.fullName.toUpperCase();  // Uppercase the filename for easy comparison.
...

The second line should read

  oFile = File(filename);

For me it's a mystery why this 'stand-alonge' variable does not create a syntax error or similar during the start of the script in ESTK. Only at line 3 I get the error - of course the varible (oFile) is undefined.

Can you enlighten me?

[frameexpert · Accepted solution]

Technically, there is nothing wrong with having just the variable name, but of course, you want something like this:

oFile = new File (/* a file path in here */);