Save edited AppleScript scripts while running?

[Rob]

In this article, it says:

One nice aspect of AppleScripts is that they don’t need to be recompiled each time they’re edited. In fact, you can edit an AppleScript app while it’s running. Click Save and the running script will be updated- no need to restart it.

This is contrary to my experience when I’ve tried inadvertently to save a running script. Is there a way to edit and then save a running script?

– Rob

[julifos]

Hi, Rob!
As you know, you don’t “edit” scripts when they are running, but “run” them. Properties are retained after quit, but it is the first time I hear about the “Save” stuff. Most probably it is false. Anyway, if it was true, what would you “save”?

[Rob]

Anyway, if it was true, what would you “save”?

Hey, JJ. There are times when I’ve been debugging/editing a stay open app and I tried to save changes while the app was still running (it was a mistake to try). Of course, this was never allowed. I don’t really want to do it but I wondered if it was possible.

I think I’ll attempt to contact the author of the article and ask for clarification.

– Rob

[julifos]

Well, I’m really missing something here. “Click Save”… Click “Save”? Where is “Save”?
If we are talking about Apple’s Script Editor, I click “Run”, change some code, pick “Save” from the menu, and app crashes (as expected, the main reason because Smile and SD won’t allow editing-while-running?).
In an applet, I can’t see options other than “Use startup screen”…

[jonn8]

I think this is a new feature of Xcode-based AppleScript Studio applications, not of AppleScripts created in Script Editor.

Jon