Thanks, Fred, but no, that's not it. In D�nes' case he can't run "published"
scripts either, which was where this all started. Also my original email
with the mini-scripts had no >>> in them. There's something wrong with
D�nes' system and the archived install doesn't seem to have worked either.
--
Paul Berkowitz
> From: Fred Annesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 19:51:42 +1000
> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Entourage and the Address Book
>
> Paul, this is my first time to comment and I hope I am not confusing things
> but I know why Denes could not get your script to work I had the same
> initial problem. He is copying the >>> at the beginning of each line of your
> script. When I deleted these on each line and just had the script it
> compiled immediately as follows
> tell application "Finder"
> activate
> display dialog "All OK"
> end tell.
>
> Hope this helps
> Regards,
>
> Fred Annesley.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> From: Paul Berkowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:44:16 -0700
>> To: Entourage Mac Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: Entourage and the Address Book
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Paul Berkowitz
>>
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