Script Editor Services Not Working

[dmetzcher]

Using TextEdit, I should be able to enter a line of AppleScript code, highlight it, and then click TextEdit -> Services -> Script Editor -> Get Result of AppleScript. This does not seem to work. In fact, nothing under Script Editor in the Services menu seems to work.

Here's what I'm trying, just to keep things simple.

display dialog "hello"

Highlighting the above code and clicking TextEdit -> Services -> Script Editor -> Get Result of AppleScript should bring up a dialog with the word "hello" in it, but nothing happens.

Am I doing something wrong here? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[bobw]

Works for me in 10.4.3

try trashing the plist, Repair Permissions.

 

[dmetzcher]

Works for me in 10.4.3

try trashing the plist, Repair Permissions.

Trashed the plist for Script Editor and TextEdit, tested it - didn't work.
Repaired disk permissions and the disk via the install disk - still doesn't work.
Were those the correct permissions, or is there one for the Services menu as well?

None of the commands below work in the Services -> Script Editor menu.

• Get Result of AppleScript
• Make New AppleScript
• Run as AppleScript

Any other ideas? I'll try anything within reason at this point.

Thanks!

 

[bobw]

Try trashing this plist;

com.apple.applescript.plist

 

[dmetzcher]

Try trashing this plist;

com.apple.applescript.plist

No luck.
I read that com.apple.applescript.plist will be recreated once the preferences for Script Editor have been changed by the user. I tested this, and changed the preferences, and this file did not re-appear again. Could this be a problem? I have the original renamed and I moved it to the Desktop. Should I move it back now? I do a lot of scripting, so I don't want to cause anything bad to happen is all.

Thanks again!

 

[dmetzcher]

This problem is back again. It went away when I reinstalled the OS about 6 or 8 months ago. Everything was working fine until recently. It works when I create another user account, but not on my main account.

Any ideas, or ideas about where I can go to look for help with this one?