Applescript keystroke problem

I'm coding in applescript and whenever I run a keystroke command it types it into the script window instead of the application i activate.
tell application "--app--"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "--whatever text--"
end tell
whenever i do anything if this sort, it opens the application but then reverts to the applescript editor and types the text in that window instead of the activated application.
If the app is already open it works fine.

nevermind
nooby problem
figured it out

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Steve,
This is the message I sent earlier with new findings:
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I created a applescript to automatic fill the login information for a webpage. I made it four months ago and it works fine untill a month aprox. The problem is very wierd, It fills the first field, the username, using the command "keystroke" and it does but not in the right order.
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Hello Aric Friesen, hello ssh2,
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_I'll start with SSH2 :_
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Message was edited by: jayelevy

pjdube - thanks for the offer of assistance.
I finally solved my problem. I did have an incorrect mailbox reference. FWIW, the corrected reference needed to be:
set theMoveToMailbox "Inbox/. Do Later"
Simple omission of "Inbox"!!
I also stumbled my way through and got rid of the Automator dependency... now all applescript. Problems solved now and the script works like a charm!

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i am used to applescript itself and now willing to write me a small droplet which converts dropped images (jpg & png) to grayscale images.
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Hi Piere,
that looks great - i added the applescript/keystroke part for save & quit and the result is perfect for my needs.
My mistake was to just check the offered options in automator - ignoring the keystroke possibilities.
Thanks once again
Best regards
fidel
code:
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