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Re: To Run or Not To Run. That is the Question.
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Re: To Run or Not To Run. That is the Question.


  • Subject: Re: To Run or Not To Run. That is the Question.
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:21:50 +1100

On 4 Mar 2015, at 10:15 pm, S. J. Cunningham <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I typed run() because i was planning to pass arguments to it during the call, eg run(a,b,c).  The script editor changes () to {} and inserts the space between them and "run".

That's because you *can't* say "on run()" or "on run(a,b,c)". You need to use "on run" or "on run someArg".


> When I tell it to run from the second script, the icon starts hopping in the dock to get my attention.

So far, so good.

> Only when I click it is the dialog displayed

And again...

> followed immediately by the error message "script.app got an error: Can’t continue run." number -1708".  If I leave out the "display dialog", I get the message "script.app got an error: Connection is invalid."
>
> I tried adding an "activate" to the run handler and/or telling it to "activate" rather than "run" from the second script but it makes no difference.

Is there anything else in the script?
>
> Why does this weird stuff always happen to me?

Why, Snow Leopard of course :)

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
<www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>


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