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Re: With Timeout


  • Subject: Re: With Timeout
  • From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 16:51:23 -0700

On 8/5/02 2:02 PM, "Deivy Petrescu" <email@hidden> wrote:

> At 11:28 AM -0700 8/5/02, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
>> with timeout of 10 seconds
>> tell application "Finder"
>> activate
>> display dialog "Text" default answer "reply"
>> end tell
>> end timeout
>>
>> will work. it will also give you an error "Apple Event timed out". You'd
>> have to do this to avoid that:
>
>
> Does that gives you an error, Paul?
> What OS and AS are you using?
> I find it very strange. "with timeout of 10 seconds" is like not
> writing anything at all

The error, which I got in OS 10.1.5, AS 1.8.3, and running the script in an
open window in Script Debugger, was

"Apple Event timed out".

Putting it in a try block still timed out, but didn't give me the error
message.

--
Paul Berkowitz
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