How to wait until writeToFile: method competes writing?

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

Hello, friends.

Often I use the writeToFile: method like here:

set theArchiveData to webFrame’s dataSource()'s webArchive()'s |data|()
theArchiveData’s writeToFile:thePath atomically:true
– the next code line

As I understand, the AppleScript interpretator continue with next code line. That is, doesn’t wait for writing completion. So, how to make it to wait?

#2

That call shouldn’t return until the write is complete.

#3

Thanks for the clarification.

I have one script that uses a repeat loop with this method inside it. After about 50-400 iterations, the script hangs.

I assumed that the reason for the hang is in this method, but as you explained to me, now I understand that the reason is something else.

#4

I thought they were depricating this for writeToURL
As I was going to suggest that.
But they haven’t :
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nsdata/1408033-writetofile

You’ll notice that it returns a BOOL value to let
You know if the save worked.
You might want to add that to your code,
You’ll know when it completed and if it was
Successful.