Script times out on a line, why? anybody?

Question

I have the following script that gives me an error as it times out.
repeat -- forever
display dialog "Email backup and KNAB backup
is about to commence,
do not use Email or KNAB till further notice!" buttons {"Cancel", "Wait", "OK"} cancel button "Cancel" default button "OK" giving up after 300 -- 300 = 5 minutes after which the it auto OK and runs
set {TheButton, GaveUp} to {button returned, gave up} of the result
if (TheButton is "OK") or GaveUp then
exit repeat
else
delay 180 -- the number of seconds to wait
end if
end repeat
--Backup started
delay 2
display dialog "Email backup is now running;
do not use your Email till further notice!" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 5
-- runs the backup stuff
tell application "Jiggler" to activate
tell application "Microsoft Office Notifications"
quit
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
quit
tell application "FileMaker Pro"
quit
end tell
end tell
end tell
delay 2
set submitfolder to "Data E: ChronoSync Saved sets:Eric MBP:Email:" as alias -- path to folder containing file you want to run
tell application "Finder"
open (every file whose name contains "Email Backup E>E") of folder submitfolder -- name of file you want to run
tell application "System Events"
tell application "ChronoSync" to activate
keystroke (ASCII character 29) using command down -- Synchronise command
delay 240 -- put time needed, email backup usualy needs 260 seconds
tell application "ChronoSync" to activate
keystroke (ASCII character 3) -- return = OK
end tell
end tell
delay 5
tell application "ChronoSync"
quit
end tell
-- Email finished
display dialog "Email backup is now finished;
feel free to mail again!" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 9
delay 2
-- KNAB starting
display dialog "KNAB backup is now running;
do not use your KNAB till further notice!" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 10
delay 2
tell application "TrueCrypt" to activate
tell application "Finder"
set Disk_Name to name of every disk
if Disk_Name contains "KNAB" then
delay 3
tell application "System Events"
tell application "TrueCrypt" to activate
delay 2
key code 120 using control down
delay 2
key code 125 --down arrow
key code 124 --right arrow
repeat 1 times
key code 124
end repeat
delay 1
repeat 3 times
key code 125
end repeat
keystroke (ASCII character 13)
end tell
delay 25
tell application "TrueCrypt"
quit
end tell
end if
end tell
delay 5
set submitfolder to "Data E: ChronoSync Saved sets:MBP:" as alias -- path to folder containing file you want to run
tell application "Finder"
open (every file whose name contains "backup E>E") of folder submitfolder -- name of file you want to run
tell application "System Events"
tell application "ChronoSync" to activate
keystroke (ASCII character 29) using command down -- Synchronise command
delay 40 -- put time needed, icon backup usualy needs 40 seconds
tell application "ChronoSync" to activate
keystroke (ASCII character 3) -- return = OK
delay 5
tell application "ChronoSync"
quit
end tell
end tell
end tell
-- if there is a mail message being send use this to quit mail
delay 7
tell application "Mail"
quit
delay 1
tell application "TrueCrypt"
quit
end tell
end tell
tell application "Jiggler" to quit
-- dialog to tell KNAB is finished
delay 2
display dialog "KNAB backup is now finished;
feel free to use KNAB again!" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 30
the time out happens on
-- Email finished
display dialog "Email backup is now finished;
feel free to mail again!" buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" giving up after 9
And I am not sure why. any help?

Answer 1

Most of these apps I don't have, so I can't run the script. Generally though, to avoid a timeout error, you should use a "with timeout of" control statement.
<pre class="jive-pre">with timeout of ### seconds
-- your calls taking a long time here
end timeout</pre>
You can use any number between "0" and "8947848" to indicate the number of seconds to wait before displaying a timeout error, or you can use "-1" to signify no timeout.