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Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started.
>On Nov 21, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Bill Steele wrote: > >>>On Nov 21, 2006, at 10:52 AM, Bill Steele wrote: >>> >>>>We have a G4 still running OS 9.2, used mostly for backups. I >>>>recently hooked up a LaCie external hard drive and installed the >>>>accompanying Silverlining software, and the result seems to have >>>>screwed up Applescript's ability to write to files. Scripts that >>>>used to work now give error messages. >>>> >>>It could be a bad version of the Standard Additions. There was a >>>version in there that didn't work right and wouldn't write to a >>>file that didn't exist. >> >>Actually happens even if the file does exist. >> >Okay. Then its a problem with the file to alias coercion. > >does this work? > >set someText to "this is a test" >set foo to alias "Disk:folder:test" >set outFile to open for access file foo with write permission >write someText to outFile starting at 0 >close access outFile > >Does it work inside a Finder tell? None of the above. Adding the alias coercion results in a compile error, with or without Finder tell. And again, supposedly I still have the same version of Standard Additions I had two weeks ago. Why would Silverlining modify Applescript? I'm going to try reinstalling the system. -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]