What stars?  somehow, it's jus not working for me.  Could it be the way the 
code is written; or, perhaps, the way it's coppied and pasted?  I'm just not 
getting anywhere with  this blasted thing!!!

Here's the 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"

Could it be the line breaks perhaps?



Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

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On Nov 19, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Matt Dierckens wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
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