URL Show: Script errors out with no explanation

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

I have a script saved as an application that shows a URL in Safari for few moments, then switches to a new URL for a display on a Kiosk run by a Mac Mini.
Can someone glance over this simple script and tell me if you see something wrong with it that would make it error out with giving me a reason…

repeat
	try
		my showSites()
	on error e number n
		display dialog "Error number " & (n as string) & " occured " & return & quote & e & quote
	end try
end repeat


on showSites()
	set theSites to {"http://www.macscripter.net", "http://www.apple.com", "http://www.digg.com"}
	repeat with theURL in theSites
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			set URL of document 1 to theURL
		end tell
		
		delay 12
	end repeat
end showSites

Thanks for any help you may offer,
slimjim5811

#2

Hi slimjim5811,

I just ran your script for 5 min and it did not error out.
I am running Leopard on a PwrMacG5.

Have you tried it on another machine to see if you get
the same results?

Regards,

Craig

#3

The thing is, is that there’s no set time for when it times out. Sometimes 30 minutes, sometimes a few hours. I just checked and this last time it was about 3 hours. All it says is AppleEvent timed out. Shouldn’t the “on error” give me move details about what’s going on?

#4

You may want to put the set URL statement in a “try” block with the display dialog
showing you the error message.


on showSites()
	set theSites to {"http://www.macscripter.net", "http://www.apple.com", "http://www.digg.com"}
	repeat with theURL in theSites
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			try
				set URL of document 1 to theURL
			on error errMsg
				--remove next line once you discover the issue
				--but leave in the try block
				display dialog errMsg
			end try
		end tell
		
		delay 12
	end repeat
end showSites

Hope this helps!

#5

I’ll give it a try, Craig. Thanks