"Up Next" issues in Applescript.

I have an applescript to play a "playlist" The script hangs waiting for user input if there is anything on my "up next" list. How can I clear the "up next" list in an applescript??

I had this same problem with a script of mine that I use as an alarm. I've fixed it now so maybe you can work out what you need to do from my code:
set volume output volume 25
tell application "iTunes"
     launch
     set sound volume to 100
     set the_playlist to user playlist "Alarm"
     set view of front window to the_playlist
     activate
     ignoring application responses
          play the_playlist
          tell application "System Events" to keystroke return
     end ignoring
end tell

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Issues writing Applescript loop...

Hi,
I am new to using AppleScript and was googling how to use Applescript to open a Terminal session and connect to a remote box using SSH.
This was successful in a single instance, using the script:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "ssh [email protected]"
-- // write some linux commands to remote server
end tell
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I am having trouble in finding out how to use this list (currently a numbers spreadsheet) to create some kind of loop, to create individual files, for each one.
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Number
Name
Location
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Hi,
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This was successful in a single instance, using the script:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
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-- // write some linux commands to remote server
end tell
Then saving it as an application.
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I am having trouble in finding out how to use this list (currently a numbers spreadsheet) to create some kind of loop, to create individual files, for each one.
I was thinking about converting it to a csv file and the creating a script that uses the column headers:
IP address
Number
Name
Location
Opens script editor, enters the same script as before, replaces the IP address, saves the script, using the naming convention Number-Name and then putting them into subfolders for each location. However as I said earlier, as I'm new to scripting in AppleScript, I'm finding it hard to trall through all the tutorials and forums for assistance.
Can anyone offer any advice?

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Mail Rules window says "No Scripts Installed" next to "Run AppleScript"

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mredding wrote:
So I finally got aperture 3 working and the app loads. So I want to import my iPhoto Libarary in.
I go through the import menu, select keep the files in current location.
I click OK, and the window goes away and nothing happens.
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Hi Community,
I have a performance issue using applescript and calendar with this script:
tell application "Calendar"
tell calendar "Cal"
set theList to (get {summary, start date, end date, uid} of events)
end tell
end tell
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I have to step in here...
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I'm working on an applescript that searches the text of a Safari web page for specific text. The script freezes / hangs / times out ONLY during the "first run". By "first run" I mean the first time the script is run after a period of time has passed. If the script is run a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time, etc soon thereafter it works perfectly. If you then wait an extended period of time again, the script freezes exactly as if it were a "first run". This appears to be independent of whether Safari is open or closed, i.e. the script freezes even if Safari remains open between the last working run and the "first run".
Details:
A web page is opened. I subsequently confirm the page is fully loaded with the following code set-up as a handler:
tell application "Safari"
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I then search the text of the fully loaded web page for specific text. It is this next step where Applescript hangs, but ONLY on the "first run":
set searchTerm to "find this"
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Bottom line - Applescript seems to hang while returning the text of the fully loaded web page, but ONLY on "first run". Any ideas?
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Thank you twtwtw, very helpful!
I tried fiddling around with the name of the input variable(s): $@, $0, and $1, and although I could get it to work somewhat, the hangup was always on high ASCII characters like …, —, °, etc… (They were called “high ASCII” in the old days, perhaps they are called something else now.)
Checking the long list of output encodings via iconv --list, and trying a bunch of them didn’t work for me.
But the real trick that worked for me was to do as you said and to change the “Pass input” menu to “to stdin.”
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So this is the final command:
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So for now this is the whole recipe to create Contextual Menu Items for the Services menu that replaces text snippets with HTML code surrounding them.
1. Create a new Automator Service document.
2. Check the box “Output replaces selected text.”
3. Choose Actions, under Library choose Utilities, then drag Run Shell Script to the working area of the window.
4. Set the Pass input menu to “to stdin.”
5. Paste in the command (above).
6. Save it; I prefix my HTML CMIs with HTML (space space), so this one is, “HTML unordered list.”
7. Begin using it. :-)
Since it took me a while to cobble together the other ones I made, I should probably share them. Once I get the time to bring over the other “involved” ones I’ll see if I can find out where is the best place to do that.
Thank you both, red_menace, and twtwtw for your help!

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