Why o why won't my script/app open?
Why o why won't my script/app open?
- Subject: Why o why won't my script/app open?
- From: Charles Arthur <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 17:32:06 +0000
So I took this big script, which was procedurally rather than object-ily
written, and improved it so that it was more object-oriented - more
handlers passing just the relevant things rather than a huge chunk of
spaghetti.
The script lives on a removable FW HD that I carry between two machines,
home and work.
Home: iBook 500 running X.1 and 9.2.1 Classic.
Work: G4 400 running 9.0.4.
As the script is big (52K according to the Finder), I edit it in Smile 1.8.4.
I was able to edit it fine on the iBook - in Smile 184 in Classic. I saved
it both as an app and as a compiled script.
Come to try to open it on the G4. Drag it onto Smile: the cursor spins. And
spins. And spins. It never stops spinning. The machine locks up - can't
switch apps. I went away for 15 minutes to do something useful. Still
spinning. Try for force-quit: the machine crashes.
Tried again with Smile already running, open file. Same result.
Tried with Script Editor 1.6 (even though officially it's too big.)
Crashes.
All other scripts behave fine. This one used to behave fine. (I just
checked and can open the original, proedural version fine.)
There are no tricky calls in the code - no loading of handlers or
other stuff. It's self contained. I've checked it with Resedit, which says
that it all seems OK. I've disk-first-aided.
WTF is going on??? Is this some weird ramification of OSX? If so,
what??
Charles
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