set the_var to "timed out"
try
with timeout of 5 seconds
myHandler()
end timeout
on error
the_var
end try
on myHandler()
delay 10
return true
end myHandler
Can anyone explain to me why that is? How can you tell if the operation exceeds the limit of 5 seconds? This makes no sense to me. What’s the point of “with timeout” if it doesn’t fire anyway?
‘With timeout’ is intended to avoid timeoutout errors, not to induce them. This from the AppleScript Language Guide:
As you can see, timeouts only apply under favourable circumstances with scripted applications that are not the application actually running the script. In your case, it’s the script (application) that’s carrying out the delay. It’s not waiting for another app to confirm the completion of a received command.
Do you have a particular end in mind here, or are you just experimenting?