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Re: save documents problem


  • Subject: Re: save documents problem
  • From: David Meieran <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 19:48:49 -0400

the line,

tell application "Microsoft Word" to save documents

works fine for me. so too for TextEdit.

just a thought - why are you logged in as root?

dm
On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 05:29 PM, Charles Bennett wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I'm trying to debug some script problems
> that seem to have popped up after an AppleScript update
>
> Running 10.1.5 server. Latest AppleScript updates.
> Logged in as root.
> Created a Word document, saved it with a valid name, then modified the
> text...
> so I'm sitting there with a "dirty red dot" but ready to save.
>
> I have boiled it down to this single line example, run in script editor.
>
> tell "Microsoft Word" to save documents
>
> This used to work.. honest :-)
>
> Now I get an error that says
>
> Can't get every document of "Microsoft Word"
>
> I get the same error from "Text Edit" if I do the same with it..
>
> I'm new to AppleScript but either I've forgotton something basic
> or my system is horked (tech term) in some way.
>
> Any ideas welcome. My "AppleScript is a nutshell" is letting me down
> on this one :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
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