On Oct 4, 2007, at 1:33 PM, Stockly, Ed wrote: > Thanks Mark, > > That helps. >> with timeout of 15* seconds >> get application "Safari" >> on error >> KillSafari() >> end > > I tried this on several web pages that trigger crashes and it worked > on > some, but on others, it didn't work. Even though the dock indicated > the > application was not responding and it's name was in red in the Force > Quit > window, it still returned a value on the get application command. > It could be a function of what level is wedged? Perhaps its stuck in loading but not in rendering. Perhaps the response tree is valid but rendering is halted. Exists window 1 might be a good choice, or if that is a sometimes thing you could see if window 1 exists then try getting its zoomed. > -Mark I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off. I should have a call in show.