Scripting Automator

Hello,
I have an automator app that I want to script. Everything I have tried only opens the application but won't run it. I am on 10.5.
Here is the latest I have tried:
tell application "Automator"
activate
open "path:to:the:script"
end tell
Thanks,
Randal

I created an application using Automator, called it "auototest" and saved it to my desktop, the app for the test just creates a simple text file on the desktop, I run the below, which activates my app, and the app does it's thing.
tell application "autotest"
activate
end tell
taking what you say "Everything I have tried only opens the application", and seeing the word "Automator" in your code leads me to believe your telling the "Automator" app it's self to activate and not your application created from Automator.
Budgie
Message was edited by: Budgie

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