How long can an applescript run for?

[arjungo]

So I want to convert/transcode several video files from one format to another (using visualhub), and after the conversion delete the original file. Everything works fine with small files where the conversion time is less than a min. But when the conversion time is greater than that, the script seems to stop and the entire task is not complete ie the original file is not deleted. i guess i should say that this task is an applescript nested in a workflow–mainly because im new to this applescript and it was the easiest way for me to manage the task.

is there an set amount of time that a script can run before it breaks completion? is this problem because im using workflow also?

any advice or thoughts is greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance,

arjungo

[arjungo]

Duh… im an idiot:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/applescript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLangGuide/reference/ASLR_control_statements.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40000983-CH6g-130992

Discussion
When a command fails to complete in the allotted time (whether the default of two minutes, or a time set by a with timeout statement), AppleScript stops running the script and returns the error “event timed out”. AppleScript does not cancel the operation”it merely stops execution of the script. If you want the script to continue, you can wrap the statements in a try statement. However, whether your script can send a command to cancel an offending lengthy operation after a timeout is dependent on the application that is performing the command.

A with timeout statement applies only to commands sent to application objects, not to commands sent to the application that is running the script.

In some situations, you may want to use an ignoring application responses statement (instead of a with timeout statement) so that your script needn’t wait for application commands to complete. For more information, see “considering and ignoring Statements.”