Lost my apple script editor

During a recent reinstallation of my OS, I transferred some of the contents of the previous system folder to the new folder. Inadvertently I erased the folder for the apple script editor with an empty folder; does anyone know how I can get that single folder/application without reinstalling everything? I asked a friend to attach his scripteditor to an email to me, but he was unable to do that. Thanks for suggestions.

I found the answer: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/6812 Pacifist, a shareware application
(developer:mailto:[email protected]) that allows you to extract one item from an installation disk.

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Thanks,

Hi Colin,
Thanks for your reply. I was able to record some of the action and when I have tried to execute that using apple script editor and it works fine. But once I saved that script using .scpt extension and then tried to click on it then it just opened the script editor but did not run without click execute. Do you know why?
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Since updating to OS X 10.4.5 the AppleScript folder has been left empty in the Applications folder so consequently it is no longer possible to use AppleScript Editor. I did try to locate the AppleScript Editor app in the hard disk to no avail. Any suggestions or hints as to what might have happened would be appreciated. Thanks
This is a follow up to the AppleScript Editor problem some people have experienced since the last Mac OS X update. More details available here: http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1988758#1988758 .
Powerbook G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Powerbook G4 17" Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Hi, dott.
I uprgaded to 10.4.5 weeks ago: no problems with the contents of the Macintosh HD > Applications > AppleScript folder's contents.
When files go missing unexpectedly, this can indicate disk directory corruption. I suggest you begin troubleshooting using the process specified in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
Good luck!
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I recently found this chat site called www /dot/ omegle /dot/ com (The service randomly pairs users in one-on-one chat sessions where they chat anonymously using the handles "You" and "Stranger".) - and i was wondering how i could create a copy and paste routine to run in the background on safari while i do other stuff on Google Chrome or whatever.
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key up {command}
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Anyone?
I'm not trying to spam anybody - i just wan't to promote my band.

Apple Script Editor, "Expected end of line but found identifier" Error

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This is a pain with Applescript.
Could be a missing " or ' . I didn't notice this problem.
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I assume you're trying to set the formula of an excel cell using applescript? if you have a text string that has literal quotes in it, you need to escape them with a backslash. e.g.
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Since you're using Mail, you might be able to have Mail do it.
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A program which used to open in Classic now opens in Script Editor

I am using an old web design program by Symantec called Visual Page 1.1.1. It has worked fine for several years, but yesterday I opened it and instead of opening in Classic, it tried to open in "Script Editor" in OSX. Classic never opened at all. I have tried reinstalling it but the same problem occured. I tried using "Open with" Classic on the Info page, but Classic is greyed out. Can anyone help? I am starting to import the pages into a new program (Freeway) but this will take forever. I would like to still be able to work with this program. Thanks for any assistance. (I called Symantec and the program is too old for them to help with.)

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Your question will have a better chance of a knowledgeable response in one of the other forums on this site, or on a forum elsewhere for the application that was used to create these files.
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I would like to add some metadata to a batch of quicktime movies and then make the files unable to be altered and re-saved so that I can post them on the web. If I open a movie in quicktime and run the following apple script I can then perform save as of movie A into movie B and movie B cannot be altered.
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Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

how are you passing files to apple script? as finder items?
the following should work then
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font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
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Hello guys, I have an big Problem with my Programm in Apple script...
Everything of it works until a simple "duplicate" command. Then I will get error 10006 here is the script:
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          if liste is {"Vollversion 1.1"} then set x to "v_1.1"
          if liste is {"Vollversion 1.0.0"} then set x to "v_1.0.0"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.9 Pre 6"} then set x to "b_1.9 Pre 6"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.8.1"} then set x to "b_1.8.1"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.8"} then set x to "b_1.8"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.7.3"} then set x to "b_1.7.3"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.6.6"} then set x to "b_1.6.6"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.5_01"} then set x to "b_1.5_01"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.4_01"} then set x to "b_1.4_01"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.3_01"} then set x to "b_1.3_01"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.2_02"} then set x to "b_1.2_02"
          if liste is {"Beta 1.1_02"} then set x to "b_1.1_02"
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--Pause--
delay 1
--Finder Fenster schließen--
close Finder window 1
--Vorbereiten der MinecraftVorlage--
duplicate file "mincraft.jar" of folder x of Versionen to folder "bin" of folder "minecraft" of Versionen.
Could anyone say me what's wrong with this line?
--Installieren--
          duplicate folder "minecraft" of Versionen to AppSupp
--Pause--
delay 1
--Temporäre Dateien löschen--
          delete folder "minecraft" of Verionen
--Alles Richtig?--
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                    display dialog "Es ist leider ein unerwartetes Problem bei der Installation vorgelaufen." with title "MC-Installer"
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end tell
Error msg:
tell current application
path to current application
                    --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Desktop:VersioChanger.app:"
end tell
tell application "Finder"
          get container of item "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Desktop:VersioChanger.app:"
                    --> "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Desktop:"
          get container of folder "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Desktop:"
                    --> "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:"
          get folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of file "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Desktop:VersioChanger.app:"
                    --> folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk
path to application support from user domain
                    --> alias "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Library:Application Support:"
          display dialog "Willkommen im automatischen Versionen-Wechsel Programm für Minecraft. Bitte wählen Sie aus der folgenden Liste die Version, wechle Sie installiert haben wollen. -Ich weise darauf hin, dass die benützung auf eigene Gefahr ist."
--> {button returned:"OK"}
          choose from list {"Vollversion 1.2.5", "Vollversion 1.2.3", "Vollversion 1.1", "Vollversion 1.0.0", "Beta 1.9 Pre 6", "Beta 1.8.1", "Beta 1.8", "Beta 1.7.3", "Beta 1.6.6", "Beta 1.5_01", "Beta 1.4_01", "Beta 1.3_01", "Beta 1.2_02", "Beta 1.1_02", "Beta 1.0"}
                    --> {"Beta 1.8.1"}
          exists folder "minecraft" of folder "Macintosh HD:Users:manuelfederanko:Library:Application Support:"
--> false
          open file "minecraft.zip" of folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk
close Finder window 1
                    --> {}
          copy file "mincraft.jar" of folder "b_1.8.1" of folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk to folder "bin" of folder "minecraft" of folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk
                    --> error number -1728 from file "mincraft.jar" of folder "b_1.8.1" of folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk
Ergebnis:
error "„Finder“ hat einen Fehler erhalten: „folder \"bin\" of folder \"minecraft\" of folder \"Versionen\" of folder \"Resources\" of folder \"Contents\" of application file \"VersioChanger.app\" of folder \"Desktop\" of folder \"manuelfederanko\" of folder \"Users\" of startup disk“ kann nicht als „file \"mincraft.jar\" of folder \"b_1.8.1\" of folder \"Versionen\" of folder \"Resources\" of folder \"Contents\" of application file \"VersioChanger.app\" of folder \"Desktop\" of folder \"manuelfederanko\" of folder \"Users\" of startup disk“ gesetzt werden." number -10006 from folder "bin" of folder "minecraft" of folder "Versionen" of folder "Resources" of folder "Contents" of application file "VersioChanger.app" of folder "Desktop" of folder "manuelfederanko" of folder "Users" of startup disk

path to resource is straightforward. the command:
path to resource "filename.xxx"
will return an alias to /path/to/your app/Contents/Resources/filename.xxx, automatically accounting for placement of the app file in the file system. use the in directory parameter if you want to specify a subfolder of the resources folder. The only tricky thing about it is that when you run the script from the script editor it may think the currently running app is the script editor, not your app, and swo return a path to script editor's resource folder.

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