Re: can't access 'System Events' because X11Application can't be found?
Re: can't access 'System Events' because X11Application can't be found?
- Subject: Re: can't access 'System Events' because X11Application can't be found?
- From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:55:24 PDT
- Comments: In-reply-to Merle Reinhart <email@hidden> message dated "Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:59:31 -0700."
Yes, I'm trying to run a bit of AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
return application processes as list
end tell
I deleted /Utilities/X11.app, and installed 2.2.3. It seems to have
fixed the problem, whatever it was.
Bill
> If you are talking about opening the Dictionary for 'System Events' in
> the applescript editor, then that works for me without issue. I do
> notice that X11 doesn't appear in the Dictionary which likely means
> that it is not applescriptable.
>
> There is no 'application' "System Events", unless that is something
> that you've downloaded in which case, it probably needs to be
> recompiled.
>
> So, without knowing what it is you are trying to do, I don't have any
> further suggestions.
>
> Merle
>
>
>
> On Jun 19, 2008, at 2:42 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:
>
> > I'm trying some simple Applescript, but I can't access the application
> > 'System Events', and when I look in system.log I find this:
> >
> > Jun 19 09:23:12 hwvpn-janssen86 System Events[277]: Unable to find
> > class: X11Application, exiting
> > Jun 19 09:23:12 hwvpn-janssen86 com.apple.launchd[103]
> > ([0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.systemevents[277]): Exited with exit code: 1
> >
> > Pretty vanilla 10.5.3 on PPC hardware. The "About" menu on X11 says,
> > "X11.app 2.2.1 - (xorg-server 1.3.0-apple5)".
> >
> > Bill
> >
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