Scripting Additions problem

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#1

When my Entourage template script stopped working, Paul Berkowitz (the script’s author) said that the error message I got implied that my Scripting Additions wasn’t working, and if Repair Permissions didn’t help, I should reinstall the OS. Meanwhile, he said, any script I had that used Standard Additions would also fail. Sure enough, that’s what’s happening!

Since I’m on Panther 10.3.2, that means backing up, erasing the disk, installing 10.3.0, and upgrading again.

Is there a way I can just replace the StandardAdditions osax? I could unlock the ScriptingAdditions folder to replace the file, if I could find one…

#2

Or you could download the 10.3.2 update, download Pacifist, open the package in Pacifist, extract the Standard Additions.osax and replace the corrupt one in /System/Library/Scripting Additions…

Or, ask a friend who has the Standard Additions.osax to send it to you.

v.1.9.3 is the one that comes with 10.3.2

#3

Thank you for your reply. Pacifist seems to have disappeared from the net, but instead of tracking it down, I’ve put out a request within my organization for a working copy of StandardAdditions.osax v1.9.3.

I’ll let you know if that works. Since the icon and even the dictionary of the one I have seem to still work, and I just ran ‘repair permissions’, I don’t know why all my scripts that use it are failing as if it weren’t there… :?

#4

After some scrounging, I found Pacifist at http://www.charlessoft.com/. I think he got his own domain and dropped the .mac link that the search engines gave me.

Anyway, the software worked flawlessly, but my applescripts still fail if they use any event added by StandardAdditions (if they ask something), but work fine if they don’t (if they just open an app or whatever).

Any ideas where to look next?

#5

Any chance you have more than one copy of StandardAdditions on your hard drive? Check both /Library/Scripting Additions/ and ~/Library/Scripting Additions/.

You might also try replacing the applescript.component file in /System/Library/Compo nents/, extracting it with Pacifist as you did the osax.

#6

Thanks. Both done. Neither worked.

Question though (sorry if this is remedial): are .osax files supposed to be omitted from searches? I tried to search for any files named StandardAdditions, and didn’t even come up with the one that I know I put there, or any other files with .osax as an extension

NEWS FLASH: Apple just released 10.3.3, which fixed it. I guess, for some reason, 10.3.2 caused my computer to ignore all .osax files. Now they work fine. Go figure… :?