Is applescript working for anyone?

[northmendo]

I have many workflows built that use applescript and even though it is no longer marked as an incomplete feature I can't get any of them to work.

 

Even the simplest

 

 

tell application "Alfred 2"

    quit

end tell

 

 

I have much more complicated scripts I don't care to share until Alfred 2's released. Are you guys or gals having these issues too?

[aiyo]

I have many workflows built that use applescript and even though it is no longer marked as an incomplete feature I can't get any of them to work.

 

Even the simplest

 

 

tell application "Alfred 2"

    quit

end tell

 

 

I have much more complicated scripts I don't care to share until Alfred 2's released. Are you guys or gals having these issues too?

 

You need to wrap the code with

on alfred_script(q)

-- your code

end alfred_script

[northmendo]

Thanks. That worked like a charm. Not that it matters, but do you have any idea why that was added?

[Andrew]

Thanks. That worked like a charm. Not that it matters, but do you have any idea why that was added?

 

Alfred has now conceptually separated out NSAppleScript (foreground) and /usr/bin/osascript (shell, background) for running AppleScripts for a number of reasons.

 

For NSAppleScripts, you can have code outside the on alfred_script(q), but Alfred needs an entry point handler to call to ensure that the return value is the correct one.

 

To cut a long story short, Alfred v2 does it properly

[Andrew]

I forgot to add - if you use a "Run Script" action and /usr/bin/osascript instead, then you can just pop AppleScript in there without the alfred_script(q) bit as this is just running a raw AppleScript.

[northmendo]

Thanks. That makes perfect sense.