TOPIC
When I launch an AppleScript file or edit a script in the Script Editor, I get the message "dialect is not available." Why is this happening?
DISCUSSION Starting with Mac OS 8, the Scripting Additions folder has been moved from the Extensions Folder to the System Folder. AppleScript looks in this Scripting Additions folder for its dialects and scripting additions first. When you drop a scripting addition onto the closed System Folder, it will offer to place it in this Scripting Additions folder for you. To support scripts, applications, and installers that depend on the old location of the Scripting Additions folder, AppleScript will also recognize items placed in a Scripting Additions folder in the Extensions folder. However, it will not recognize dialects in a Dialects folder in the Scripting Additions folder in the Extensions folder, if dialects are already present in the System Folder-level Scripting Additions folder. If duplicate scripting additions are found in the second folder, only the ones in the first folder will be functional. Verify the English Dialect file is in the Dialect folder in the Scripting Additions folder at the System Folder level. If you have a duplicate Scripting Additions folder, compare the two folders and remove the duplicate dialects found in the Scripting Additions at the Extensions folder level. |
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| Product Area: | Apple Software |
| Category: | AppleScript |
| Sub Category: | General Topics |
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