Automator - applescript

Question

Step1: I wrote an applescript to process an excel file (deleting a few columns and rows).. When I compiled it in Applescript editor, it worked fine.. Gave no errors or warnings..
Step2: I launched Automator. Selected 'Application'. And then selected 'Run Applescript' action. I pasted the same script in the 'Run Applescript' action of automator and when I compiled it, it is giving an error "The result of the numeric operation was too large". I don't know why this happens.. It was working fine before I upgraded to 10.6.2..
Here's the script:
on run {input, parameters}
repeat with eachfile in input
set theWorkbookFile to eachfile
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
open theWorkbookFile
set theWorkbook to active workbook
tell worksheet "Sheet1" of active workbook
delete row 1
delete column 1
repeat with x from 39 to 10 by -1
delete column x
end repeat
end tell
save active workbook
close active workbook saving yes
end tell
end repeat
return input
end run
Since this works fine in applescript, i dont think this would be a problem.. Any help would be highly appreciated..

Answer 1

yes but that's what I'm saying. just do it from applescript.
on open these_items
repeat with eachfile in these_items
set theWorkbookFile to eachfile
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
open theWorkbookFile
set theWorkbook to active workbook
tell worksheet "Sheet1" of active workbook
delete row 1
delete column 1
repeat with x from 39 to 10 by -1
delete column x
end repeat
end tell
save active workbook
close active workbook saving yes
end tell
end repeat
end open
save it as an application from applescript editor and drop as many items as you want at once onto it. it will process them all.