RE: Repeated opening of a Quark document
RE: Repeated opening of a Quark document
- Subject: RE: Repeated opening of a Quark document
- From: "Wadson, David" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:29:15 -0500
Solved the problem...turns out it was an Xtension conflict with some
software from Harris-Baseview. DragX seems to screw up scripting opening a
template multiple times. Disabling it takes care of the problem, plus I
added a quick check into the script to detect the offending Xtension:
tell application "QuarkXPress(tm)"
repeat with currentXtension in (xtensions as list)
if name of currentXtension is "DragX (port)" then
set dialogText to "Error! DragX xtension is loaded!"
display dialog dialogText buttons {"Abort"} default button
"Abort" giving up after 15
return
end if
end repeat
end tell
> ----------
> From: David Wadson
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 3:53 PM
> To: AppleScript
> Subject: Repeated opening of a Quark document
>
> <<File: ATT227161.txt>>
> I've heavily simplified a script (which of course worked fine in Quark
> 3/4/5 on OS 8/9) into this...
>
> ------- BEGIN SCRIPT
>
> property comicTemplate :"Path"To:The:Test Document" as alias
>
> repeat with i from 1 to 10
> tell application "QuarkXPress"
> activate
> open comicTemplate remap fonts no use doc prefs yes
> close front document saving no
> end tell
> end repeat
>
> ------ END SCRIPT
>
> QuarkXPress 6.5 and Mac OS 10.3.6.
>
> At best, the script will open the file on the first iteration of the loop.
> However, on subsequent iterations, even though Script Editor's event log
> shows Quark processing the open command with no errors, the document is
> not actually opened. At worst, Quark throws up some message about
> "connection failed" and quits only (semi-)unexpectedly.
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2002/Nov/msg01020.html
> points to a problem with OS X 10.2.x Finder and Quark communication. Is
> that the case still? I don't think there's anything wrong with my syntax
> of this script but you never know. New versions of Quark and the OS
> sometimes are more particular about semi-correct code.
>
> If it is a bug, any ideas on how to work around it until Quark releases
> their next update for Quark 6. I'll say it before anyone else has to -
> hahahahahahahaha! :-)
>
>
> David Wadson
> IT Manager
> The Chronicle-Journal
> Thunder Bay, Ontario
>
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