Re: OS 9.1 Woes - AS Broken, How to Fix?
Re: OS 9.1 Woes - AS Broken, How to Fix?
- Subject: Re: OS 9.1 Woes - AS Broken, How to Fix?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:57:24 -0800
On 3/7/01 8:27 PM, "Mark Christal" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I'm a newbie to AppleScript. Just bought a couple of books to start learning
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it. Unfortunately, I installed the OS 9.1 update a few weeks ago and had a
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devil of a time getting it to work. Had to run ConflictCatcher and disable
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some extensions. Now, when I try to create some simple scripts, the script
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editor rewrites many of the commands and objects using obscure names enclosed
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in chevrons. For instance, display dialog "Please Enter Name:" becomes
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<<event sysodlog>> "Please Enter Name:"
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As far as I can tell, I have all of the required extensions and components for
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AppleScript installed. But I suspect I am missing some important files, or
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some important component is corrupted. I really dread the prospect of
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reinstalling my system software. Does anyone have any suggestions for an
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easier fix?
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'display dialog' and many other commands are actually scripting additions
from Standard Additions. One of those is 'mount volume'. 'mount volume' was
improved in OS 9.1 but needs keychain scripting to work. The keychain in
turn needs the Security modules to work. therefore ALL the Standard
Additions need Security extensions to work. You removed them. No matter what
you thought Conflict Catcher was on about, you didn't really need to remove
them. Now you need to put them back. Then you won't get <<event sysodlog>>,
you'll get 'display dialog'.
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Paul Berkowitz