Automator Applications don't let me run applescripts!

Question

ok just made an excellent automator application that deleted invisible files on selected drives. the only problem is that when i run it as an application, it gives me an error message and tells mr to check the "Run Applescript" action's properties. But, it works in the workflow perfectly!
please help.

Answer 1

OK, that does help. The statementset y to (value of variable "path" of front workflow)uses Automator terminology - unless your workflow is actually running in Automator, your script won't know anything about those terms unless you target the Automator or the Automator Runner applications.
In this case though, you don't need to use variables at all, since the value you want is in the input parameter of the *Run AppleScript* action (this is what is output from the previous action). Note that the input parameter is a list, so you need to repeat through the items in the list or coerce it from a list to the desired class. Your Terminal scripting also seems to be a bit severe, but with the items I noted your workflow would be something like:
1) *Ask for Finder Items* { Type: Folders } (Allow Multiple Selections is not checked)
2) *Run AppleScript*
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title="this text can be pasted into an Automator 'Run AppleScript' action">
on run {input, parameters}
set y to input as text -- coerce from list
display dialog "Are you sure you want to delete the Trash folder on flashdrive " & quoted form of y & "?" buttons {"Cancel", "Yes"} default button 2
display dialog "Enter password:" default answer "password" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button 2
set x to (text returned of result)
tell application "Terminal"
delay 2
do script "cd " & quoted form of POSIX path of y -- convert path
do script "sudo rm -rf .Trashes" in window 1
delay 2
do script x in window 1
delay 2
do script "yes" in window 1
delay 2
do script "killall Terminal"
end tell
return input
end run</pre>