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Re: Mac OS X: AppleScript incorrectly decompiling tell blocks
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Re: Mac OS X: AppleScript incorrectly decompiling tell blocks


  • Subject: Re: Mac OS X: AppleScript incorrectly decompiling tell blocks
  • From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 09:16:44 -0800

At 12:02 PM -0800 11/16/2001, Mark Alldritt wrote:
>I'm finding that MacOS X is rewriting my tell blocks with I open scripts.
>Any script that contains:
>
> tell application "Script Debugger"
> -- blah blah...
> end tell
>
>Becomes
>
> tell application "AEServer"
> -- blah blah
> end tell
>
>Has anyone else run into problems like this. Is there a cure. I can't seem
>to understand what AppleScript is up to here.

I don't know about a cure, but I think it has to do with targetting classic apps. A number of my classic Finder scripts have done this. I haven't found a pattern or a fix, but it certainly is annoying.

Jon


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