That's weird. Mine workedjust fine. Get rid of the stars at the begining at the script and you should be all set. Matt Sent from my macbook pro
On 2011-11-19, at 6:43 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to send this yesterday but got no response what so ever. > > Hi, > > I'm trying to work with the following code: > >> tell document 1 of application "TextEdit" >> set wordcount to the (count of words) as text >> set charactercount to the (count of characters) as text >> end tell >> say wordcount & " words and " & charactercount & " characters" > > > I paste it in to the source box and leave everything else as it is with the > results box checked and the Results radio button selected. No matter how > much I try, though, I just cannot save the thing. I try to save it in the > Macintosh/Library/Scripts folder but I get a dialog that says that the script > cannot be saved. What gives? Could it possibly be the quotation signs or > what is it? Something must be wrong with the code because it just will not > save. > > > > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! > > Skype name: > barefootedray > > Facebook: > facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
