Re: Newbie - can't launch
Re: Newbie - can't launch
- Subject: Re: Newbie - can't launch
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 11:30:43 +0100
Paul Berkowitz wrote on Sat, 29 Sep 2001 15:23:18 -0700:
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On 9/29/01 1:01 PM, "Dave Groover" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I joined this list because I am having trouble launching Apple
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> Script. I am ready to learn more about Apple Script. I am running 8.6
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> on a 7600 with an XLR8 G3/400 and 512 Mgs memory.
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> Apple Script's Editor won't launch. I get the following error code
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> when I try to launch the Script Editor, or edit a failed Apple
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> Script: "Could not initialize the application because the dialect is
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> not available."
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> What is missing? Does anyone know what that means?
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Go into your Scripting Additions folder in System folder. You should have a
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folder called Dialects in there, and inside that a file called English
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Dialect. If so, remove the folder to the desktop, then put the English
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Dialect file back into the Scripting Additions folder. If there are any
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other folders in there , remove them too and put just their inside
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files back into SA folder. Restart computer.
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There was some problem with folders in the SA folder. I thought it was
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caused by AppleScript 1.4.3. or 1.5.5. (not your concern) but maybe it was
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CarbonLib 1.2.5 or 1.3.1 (would be your concern).
With Mac OS 8.6 (AppleScript 1.3.7), English Dialect *must* be in the
Dialects folder in the Scripting Additions folder. I believe that 1.3.7
can locate the Scripting Additions folder in either the System Folder or
its pre-Mac OS 8 location, the Extensions folder. This version isn't
affected by the CarbonLib folder problem as Script Editor wasn't
Carbonised until Mac OS 9.
[A few seconds later.] I've just tried moving the Scripting Additions
folder into the Extensions folder on my 8.6 machine, and got a "dialect
not available" error when trying to open a script in Script Editor. So
the SA folder *has* to be in the System Folder in Dave's case. He could
try looking in the Extensions folder to see if there's one there.
NG