Do this tell application "Skype" activate On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:54 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> I did that wiht the skype application > > tell application "skype" to activate and it still barfed. I will try the > second method and see if that works. > > S > On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: > >> OK. I was looking at a different copy of your script. >> >> You can either use >> Tell Application "Foo" >> something to work on >> end tell >> >> OR you can >> Tell application "Foo" to something to work on >> >> Note in the second version everything is on one line, and there is the word >> to between the tell section and the command that the foo bapplication is >> going to process. >> >> So dropping that end tel, or changing the to to a new line will correct >> this error. >> >> Jonathan >> >> On Jan 12, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> Nope. I still got this. >>> >>> Expected end of line, etc. but found “end tell”. >>> >>> Here is the revised one with the quotes. it seems to barf after the >>> activate thing. >>> >>> tell application "skype" to activate >>> end tell >>> do shell script "./clisk" >>> >>> >>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: >>> >>>> You are missing quotes around the shell command that you are attempting to >>>> run. >>>> >>>> Also this might be a case where you need to use the terminal I am not sure. >>>> >>>> But it will compile if you use a double quote that is the next char " >>>> >>>> The quotes need to surround the words after script. >>>> >>>> I often put all punctuation on while working with AppleScript. >>>> >>>> Jonathan >>>> >>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>>> No I looked. Here is the script. I'm confused as to why the error accured. >>>>> >>>>> try >>>>> tell application "skype" to activate >>>>> do shell script ./clisk >>>>> end try >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 12, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Jon Cohn wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You probably have an extra character in the Try. I generally interact >>>>>> with the error message and find the quoted text of what it found and >>>>>> then single character through that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jon >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > louie louiem...@wavecable.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
