AppleScript generates a dialog box containing one of the following error
messages:
| • |
Application "Microsoft FoxPro" Doesn't Understand the <AppleEvent>
Message.
-or-
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| • |
AppleEvent timed out.
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FoxPro does not respond to Apple events while a READ or a READ EVENTS
command is in effect.
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NOTE: This problem occurs with most FoxPro .EXE and .APP files because they
usually contain a Foundation READ (GET-less READ). This causes the
"AppleEvent timed out" error message.
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
| 1. | Start the Script Editor, and enter the following code:
tell application "Microsoft FoxPro" to quit |
| 2. | Save the script as an application. From the File menu, choose Save. In
the dialog box that appears, select Application from the Format popup.
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| 3. | Quit the Script Editor, and start Microsoft FoxPro.
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| 4. | In the Command window, type the following code:
@1,1 GET test DEFAULT SPACE(10)
READ CYCLE |
| 5. | Click on the Macintosh desktop or choose the Finder application from
the application menu on the far right of the menu bar.
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| 6. | With FoxPro now in the background, find the script you saved in step 2,
and double-click the script to launch it. The script will tell FoxPro to
quit, but the above error will be returned because a READ command is in
effect. |
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