Apple script constantly says can get end (-1728)

Question

Hi,
my apple script always will say cant get end
Here is my script
set question to display dialog "Would you like to force empty the trash" buttons {"Empty", "Force Empty", "Cancel"} default button 2
set answer to button returned of question
if answer is equal to "Force Empty" then
do shell script "rm -rf ~/.Trash/*"
  if answer is equal to "Empty" then
  tell application "Finder"
  empty trash
  end tell
  end if
end if
should i try using the else function instead?
Thanks

Answer 1

Yes you should be using if else (or just else).
Looking at your code formatted like so
if answer is equal to "Force Empty" then
     do shell script "rm -rf ~/.Trash/*"
       if answer is equal to "Empty" then
            tell application "Finder"
                      empty trash
            end tell
       end if
end if
you can see that if the answer is not equal to "Force Empty" then the script just exits. The answer is never checked for "Empty"
So something  like
if answer is equal to "Force Empty" then
     do shell script "rm -rf ~/.Trash/*"
else  if answer is equal to "Empty" then
         tell application "Finder"
                empty trash
         end tell
end if
would be more correct. However two issues one you are not checking if the user presses cancel. And two emptying the Trash by doing a rm in the shell should not be needed. If it is you have other problems that should be addressed.
regards
  end if
end