Apple

On Sep 30, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Dave wrote:

Hi All,

I'm having problems scripting the Script Editor, Please see following script:

tell application "Script Editor"
set myWindow to make new document
set myText to "on run" & return & "beep" & return & "end run" & return
set the text of myWindow to myText
compile myWindow

save myWindow as "application" in "/Users/Dave/Test1.app" without runonly and startup screen
end tell

This creates a new window, add the text correctly, compiles it ok, but does not save the file as an application as expected. I don't get an error message or any indication that the save didn't work, just no Test1.app file at the end of it!

What am I doing wrong?

There are benefits to reading an application's dictionary :-)

set app_path to ((path to desktop as text) & "test.app")

set scpt to "on run" & return & "beep" & return & "end run" & return

tell application "Script Editor"

set docu to make new document

set text of docu to scpt

compile docu

save docu as "application" in app_path without run only and startup screen

end tell

You'll probably want to use a 'try' block in the above to catch errors when scripts are compiled.

Philip Aker

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