Applescript compiler error

[Sarah Reichelt]

It seemed to me that if the original script ran OK in the Script 
Editor, it must be something to do with how the scripttorun variable 
was assembled. I found two errors which were causing the problem and 
when fixed, the script ran perfectly for me.

>    put "return " & quote & "Account already in AppleMail." & return 
> after
> scripttorun
>    put "end try" & return after scripttorun
>    put "end tell" & return after scriptorun

Ignoring the line wraps, there needs to be another quote in the first 
line above:
put "return " & quote & "Account already in AppleMail." & quote & 
return after scripttorun

The last line in the segment I quoted above, the variable name is 
missing a "t", so the AppleScript never gets the "end tell" it needs.

Cheers,
Sarah

On 2 Jun 2004, at 2:48 pm, RGould8 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm having some strange Applescript issues with Revolution, and I need 
> some
> help figuring out why it's behaving this way.   I have the below 
> script in a
> text field in Revolution.   It's whole purpose is to add a new email 
> account to
> AppleMail.   I originally had an Applescript from script-editor and I 
> pasted
> it into a text field in Revolution and ran it.   Revolution complained 
> that
> Applescript was giving a "compiler error".   I thought perhaps hidden 
> characters
> were getting inserted somehow and messing up the Applescript compiler, 
> so I
> wrote the below code to piece it together by hand, and I still get a 
> compiler
> error.   Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the below script?   If 
> you take
> the output and paste it into Script Editor, it'll work just fine.   
> There's just
> something about running it in Revolution that Applescript doesn't like.
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