On 9/15/03 5:58 PM, "D�nes Bogs�nyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2003-09-15 20:11, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On 9/15/03 2:31 AM, "D�nes Bogs�nyi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>> The fact that 'activate'
>>>> doesn't work is the clearest possible proof of that, since even
>>>> unscriptable
>>>> applications will respond to 'activate' - it's the most basic command in
>>>> all
>>>> existence.
>>> So what!!!!
>>
>> It indicates that no AppleScripts can run on your computer, although they
>> can run on everyone else's computer. It's got nothing to do with any
>> particular AppleScript.
>>
>> If you copy and paste
>>
>> tell application "Finder"
>> activate
>> display dialog "All OK"
>> end tell
>>
>> into Script Editor, and click Run button, the Finder should come to the
>> front, and you should see a dialog with "All OK".
> I tried this and got the following error: ?Expected end of lie etc. but
> found identifier.?
>>
>> If you copy and paste
>>
>> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
>> activate
>> display dialog "All OK"
>> end tell
>>
>> into Script Editor, and click Run button, Entourage the Finder should come
>> to the front, and you should see a dialog with "All OK".
> I tried this and got the same error: ?Expected end of lie etc. but found
> identifier.?
>>
>> If those two tests work OK, Save each script as an Application (flip the
>> popup in the Save panel to "Application", and save it to your desktop. Then
>> double click each one. Again, for the first one the Finder should be in the
>> front displaying its message, and in the second, Entourage comes to the
>> front and displays its message.
>>
>> It works for everyone else. Does it work for you?
> What does this mean? Should I proceed with an install or can I replace the
> applescript?
It shows that enough of the scripting system is working so that it can
actually display those error messages to you, but something is definitely
seriously broken. AppleScript does not understand its own language. That was
very clear also with the problems you reported on the eMessage Archiver
mailing list. They were the same type of problems. You can't take even the
first step in AppleScript because it's not understanding its own terms. You
really need to reinstall OS 10.2 as an "Erase" or Archive" install, as Barry
described. The options to do so are very near the beginning of the
installer, but you _have_ to click the "Options" button when it appears or
you won't get those options. If I recall correctly, the installer assumes
you want to do an Upgrade installation ("You have chosen to do an Upgrade
Installation") and that's when you have to click Options and choose Archive
or Erase.
If you choose to do Archive, don't rush to bring back all your preferences
in one swoop from the "Previous System", since your problems are somewhere
in there. Do back up before you reinstall, including your Microsoft User
Data folder, of course. Basically your entire Documents folder in your OS X
user should be backed up to another drive, and bring that back after you
reinstall. You may have other folders to back up too. But do NOT back up
anything in the /System folder and nothing in the root Library folder
either. The Library folder in your own Users/[username] folder ("Home")
contains some things you may want again, especially Preferences folder. But
don't be in a hurry to bring stuff back from a corrupt installation: you're
better off reinstalling everything (including your applications) anew.
You'll also have to update back to 10.2.6, etc. It's a fairly lengthy trip,
but well worth it.
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Paul Berkowitz
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