On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Chris Harbinson wrote:

> Hi, Folks,
> 
> After about a five-year gap, I've been forced back  into scripting. I'm enjoying it and am just beginning to add Javascript to my armoury.
> 
> However it is good ole Applescript, or rather my forgetfulness, that is giving me problems.
> 
> I keep on setting out to do things that I think I know and then discovering I've lost 'em.
> 
> At the moment I am working on twin scripts. The first one does a bit of information gathering, storing its harvest in a variable called myWonderfulList,  performs some helpful tasks before setting the user free to do his or her thing for a while.
> 
> When the user is ready, script two is activated ... and it really needs to be able to make use of the information in myWonderfulList.
> 
> It's getting myWonderfulList from script 1 to script 2 without too much clumsiness that's puzzling me at the moment.
> 
> A doddle to all of you, I'm sure.
> 
> Hope you've been keeping well since last I wrote.
> 
> Chris
> 
There are a couple of ways to do it.

If script2 isn't running

Script 1

set ascript to load script POSIX file "/Users/lively/Desktop/Untitled.app"
set mylist of ascript to {"1", "B", 3, {1, 2, 3}}
store script ascript in POSIX file "/Users/lively/Desktop/Untitled.app" with replacing

Script 2

property myList : ""
repeat with anItem in myList
	display dialog anItem
end repeat


If script2 is runnining you can to this


Script 1

tell application "Script2"
	setData({"A", "B", {1, 2, 3}})
end tell


script 2

property mylist : ""
on idle
	if mylist ≠ "" then
		repeat with anitem in mylist
			display dialog anitem
		end repeat
		return 5
	end if
end idle

on setData(aList)
	set mylist to aList
end setData

-Mark
The once and future geek.