Re: NSAppleScript no longer allows user interaction?

FROM : Matt Neuburg
DATE : Mon Aug 14 19:49:04 2006

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:49:18 -0400, Renaud Boisjoly <<email_removed>> said:
>Hi all
>
>I've been using NSAppleScript's executeAndReturnError method to run
>various scripts from within my app. It has been working for years and
>now, it seems broken on my MacBook Pro.
>
>As I try to migrate to a Universal code base, it seems that I can no
>longer run scripts which try to interact with the user. If I do, I
>get a "No user interaction allowed" error.
>
>I'm just trying to have a script use the "Display Dialog" command to
>let the user know of something. It used to work, but now it doesn't.
>If I modify the AppleScript to talk to a specific app, it works, but
>that app's icon bounces in the Dock to let me know. Not fun... not
>what I'd like to happen and not what used to happen.


Tell the target app to activate before telling it to display dialog. m.

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