why doesnt this simple sciript work?

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#1

This is weird. Why would the first script work and the second script not work?

tell application "System Events" to tell process "iChat"
	get value of text area 1 of scroll area 1 of window "chat with andrew" 
end tell


  tell application "System Events" to tell process "iChat"
	set name1 to "andrew"
	get value of text area 1 of scroll area 1 of window "chat with" & name1
end tell
#2

Precedence rules.

  tell application "System Events" to tell process "iChat"
	set name1 to "andrew"
	get value of text area 1 of scroll area 1 of window ("chat with" & name1)
end tell
#3

Given that these are the ‘original’ scriplets with which you tested, I’d say it’s just a missing space… :smiley: (the concatentation in the second one would produce “chat withandrew” instead of “chat with andrew”)