Script has changed

Question

My problem is that a script that I created with Panther has changed in Tiger. The original script was:
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
Activate
set RowNum to Row of ActiveCell
set ColNum to Column of ActiveCell
set FormulaR1C1 of ActiveCell to "Deposit"
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
Select Range NewRange
display dialog "What Film is This?" default answer ""
set FilmWorked to text returned of result
set FormulaR1C1 of ActiveCell to FilmWorked
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
Select Range NewRange
display dialog "What Kind of Income?" default answer ""
set IncomeType to text returned of result
set FormulaR1C1 of ActiveCell to IncomeType
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
Select Range NewRange
display dialog "What are the Details?" default answer ""
set IncomeDetails to text returned of result
set FormulaR1C1 of ActiveCell to IncomeDetails
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
Select Range NewRange
set FormulaR1C1 of ActiveCell to "DEP"
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
Select Range NewRange
end tell
That script has been replaced by:
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
«event XCELactv»
set RowNum to row of «class PACL»
set ColNum to column of «class PACL»
set «class PFO1» of «class PACL» to "Deposit"
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
«event XCELSLCT» «class crng» NewRange
display dialog "What Film is This?" default answer ""
set FilmWorked to text returned of result
set «class PFO1» of «class PACL» to FilmWorked
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
«event XCELSLCT» «class crng» NewRange
display dialog "What Kind of Income?" default answer ""
set IncomeType to text returned of result
set «class PFO1» of «class PACL» to IncomeType
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
«event XCELSLCT» «class crng» NewRange
display dialog "What are the Details?" default answer ""
set IncomeDetails to text returned of result
set «class PFO1» of «class PACL» to IncomeDetails
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
«event XCELSLCT» «class crng» NewRange
set «class PFO1» of «class PACL» to "DEP"
set ColNum to (ColNum + 1)
set NewRange to "R" & RowNum & "C" & ColNum
«event XCELSLCT» «class crng» NewRange
end tell
The script no longer functions. Does this ring a bell to anyone? The file date of the script hasn't changed, although the script is different in the script editor. When I copy the same script to my laptop (also running OS X 10.4.3) it appears as it originally did. Same file, same date. Strange. Is it possible that Excel is changing the script on my G5?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. For now, I'll run the script on my laptop.
Tom Carlson
G5 2.7 Dual Processor   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  
G5 2.7 Dual Processor   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Answer 1

Thanks Neil and Camelot for your answers. I believe that you have hit on the problem. The script was written using Excel v. X and the problems popped up on the G5 which is running Excel 2004. That would definitely point to the dictionary. When I copied and pasted the script, it appeared as it did originally, but would not run on the G5.
Do either of you have a suggestion as to the best way to make the transition to the new dictionary? Are there likely to be any other syntax issues, or do I just need to figure out how to do the same task with the new dictionary?
Thanks again, guys for the quick response.
Tom Carlson
G5 2.7 Dual Processor   Mac OS X (10.4.3)