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Re: "running" property causes Script Editor nervous breakdown
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Re: "running" property causes Script Editor nervous breakdown


  • Subject: Re: "running" property causes Script Editor nervous breakdown
  • From: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:49:02 -0700

On 08-04-25, at 16:14, Joe wrote:

One little line of script is causing really weird problems in Script Editor.

if not application "Safari" is running then tell application "Safari" to activate

Saved as a compiled script on the desktop.

Double-clicking the script to open it starts up both Safari and Script Editor, but opens no windows in either application. Double-clicking the script once again opens a window with the script's text visible, but the window is named "Window" not "test" or "test.scpt" as the file is named.

More misbehavior occurs if I try to change and save the script. The open and save box comes up, I click "Save"  and nothing gets saved. If I close "Window" then I'm asked to save which works.

Running the script does not activate Safari either. This part of the behavior will change and start working if I direct the script at Eudora rather than Safari. Eudora activates as it should.

I'm on Leopard and a G5 Power Mac.

Has anyone seen this? Is it a bug? Is my OS broken? Am I broken? Have I misread the page on the running property?

It sounds like your script's corrupt. What happens when you save the following as a separate script?

tell application "System Events"
if not (every application process contains "Safari") then
run script "tell application \"Safari\" to activate"
end if
end tell


Philip Aker
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