permissions problem??

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#1

Does anyone know what the following error message means?

Can’t get name of every <> of application “finder”

This is the error I receive if I execute

tell application “Finder” to name of processes contains AppName

I think it’s a permissions problem as the script works if I’m log on as administrator.

thanks,

Kelsey

#2

Does this produce the same error?

tell application “System Events” to name of processes contains AppName

– Rob

#3

tell aplication “System Events” to name of processes contains AppName

gives a compiler error “Syntax error : parameter error” and highlights one of the quotations. (Weird)
Actually, the whole subroutine looks like:

on isRunning(AppName)
tell application “Finder” to name of processes contains AppName
set runningApps to (name of every process whose file type is “APPL”) as list
end tell

repeat with thisName in reverse of runningApps

if thisName contains AppName then
return true
endif
end repeat
return false
end isRunning

If I comment out the conditional (if - endif) I don’t get the “Scripting Component Error”
When I include it and get the option to edit the script, the word “AppName” (within the conditional) is highlighted as if this is the problem.

Maybe I’ll explicitly put in a character string instead of using AppName.

Thanks,

Kelsey

#4

You are getting a syntax error because the word application is misspelled

should be