AppleScript not working

[Karl Becker]

>Karl:
>I've had a lot of success in 2.4 by setting up my Applescript script in
>a field (holdMyScript) and then using this line:
>
>put fld holdMyScript into myScript
>do myScript as applescript

Thanks Jack, but I've already tried it, it doesn't do it.  When I do 
that inside a card script, no error message is given, and when I do 
that in the message box, I get the "alternate language not found" 
error.
I'm on Mac OS 9.1 on a beige G3 if that has any bearing on anything...
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