Small problem with applescript

Hello Again,
Every day I use a morning script to launch my programs I have to use... and some more things...
Aldo I have a problem with Golive.
When I try to type activate in the editor it makes a bigg A.
Also with cut and past.
and when i run the applescript-program it does all I need ( The golive part is at the end... but when I place it in the middle it's just stops.
I get this fault message : Can't continue <event Coreactv>
and i guess it has something to do with the A-ctivate
Is this a bugg? Or can someone explain this?
I would like to do more after launching Golive..
tell application "Extensis Suitcase X1"
activate
end tell
tell application "Mail"
activate
end tell
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CS"
activate
end tell
tell application "QuarkXPress Passport"
activate
end tell
tell application "Adobe GoLive CS"
Activate
end tell

Some apps don't respond well to tell blocks. I don't have that app to test, but you could try using something like launch "TextEdit" or tell app "Finder" to open posix file "/Applications/TextEdit.app" to improve your results. Sometimes an ignoring application responses block can help too.

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