Do AppleScript incomplete typing

[Bill Vlahos]

Bernd,

That fixed it! Thank you so much. I’ll test it further, but it is working consistently so far.

Here is the final script. I put the delay before the keystroke command.

set the itemDelimiter to tab

put "tell application " & quote & "System Events" & quote & return &\

"delay 1" & return &\

"keystroke " & quote & item 1 of field "Reference" & quote & return &\

"end tell" into AScript

putText AScript

Bill Vlahos




> On Mar 4, 2025, at 4:22 PM, Niggemann, Bernd wrote:
> 
> Bill Vlahos wrote:
>> This syntax doesn’t work.
> 
>> set the itemDelimiter to tab
>> put "tell application " & quote & "System Events" & quote & return &\
>> "keystroke " & quote & item 1 of field "Reference" & quote & return &\
>> "delay 1 " & quote & return &\
>> "end tell" into AScript
>> putText AScript
> 
> 
> The quote after "delay 1" keeps this from compiling
> 
> Try
> -------------------
> put "tell application " & quote & "System Events" & quote & return &\
>         "keystroke " & quote & item 1 of field "Reference" & quote & return &\
>         "delay 1 " & return &\
>         "end tell" into AScript
> -----------------------
> This compiles, but if it solves the problem I do not know.
> 
> Kind regards
> Bernd