Run Script alarm doesn't work when iCal closed

I have an applescript to remind me to run a maintenance application once a week. I've set a "Run Script" alarm for a weekly event in iCal... But the script ONLY executes if iCal is open!
If iCal is closed I get the message:
"An AppleScript event alarm did not execute properly. The script "run_maintenance.scrpt" that was assigned to the event "maintenance" did not open or did not finish running."
Then, when I then open iCal, the applescript executes.
How can I get the script to run when iCal is closed, just like a normal alarm?
By the way, the applescript is quite straightforward, with a dialog and finder instruction to activate the maintenance program. It runs fine manually (& as I say, if iCal is already open).
Thanks for any suggestions.

Found the problem: The run_maintenance script couldn't be completed without user action (because of the dialogue), so was giving iCal an error.
Solution: I've set another script that simply launches the run_maintenance script as the alarm.
So there are 4 players in this daisy chain: iCal, a script to launch the reminder script, the reminder script, and Maintenance!
Inelegant, but it works.

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