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Re: Any Utilities to Decomplie a Script :-(
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Re: Any Utilities to Decomplie a Script :-(


  • Subject: Re: Any Utilities to Decomplie a Script :-(
  • From: Steve Cunningham <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:30:02 -0400

>Hi Steve,
>
>Sorry to hear your crash & burn.
>
>I'm afraid I don't have too many answers for you, altho I thought I would
>throw this out there non-the less.
>
>I can only assume this script was compiled under OSX. If you have any way
>to boot under 9, try ResEdit. There is a res-rsrc called scpt editor that
>allows you to view compiled scripts, as long as they were not compiled as
>run-only [ie: editable]. You would do this by opening up your script with
>ResEdit, and then viewing the resource from there.
>
>In-as-much as the scpt editor, you will need to open ResEdits own
>preferences file, and copy the scpt editor to that and save it. Quit
>ResEdit and when you relaunch you should then have it available. When you
>open your script with ResEdit, you should be able to see and edit the
>script, just as if it was in a text window.
>
>Assuming your script was compiled using Script Debugger, you *might* be
>able to use a utility called Script Rescue. Supposedly, this allows you
>to bring back corrupted scripts, as long as they were written under that
>editor.
>
>I'm replying to this from work, so I aplogize for not providing the links.
> The scpt editor for ResEdit should be found at any of the normal download
>joints around the net.
>
>
>I hope that works. Sorry I couldn't be of better help. :>)
>
>Good luck
>
>Ray

Thanks Ray!

No, I'm not using OS X (did you notice the problem was with Claris
Emailer :-)).
I tried ResEdit thanks to your tip, however it says that the file "is
damaged beyond repair". Well, that's a pretty draconian satatement :-).
And no, I wasn't using Script Debugger either.

I'm about half way through rewriting it at this point. Fortunately, I
used a lot of libraries of handlers and scripts so the rewrite is going
fairly quickly. As far as I can tell, it was using these that caused the
problem... aparently FileMaker has a problem opening a file if the open
is called from within another script... it throws off an "Apple Event
Timed Out" error which stalls the script, even surrounded by "try's" and
"with timeouts". I haven't resolved this completely yet, but when I do
I'll post what is going on to save some other poor soul the problem.

Steve
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