Article ID: 109239
Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0b for Macintosh
- Microsoft FoxPro 2.5b for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q109239
SYMPTOMS
AppleScript generates a dialog box containing one of the following error messages:
- -or-
CAUSE
FoxPro does not respond to Apple events while a READ or a READ EVENTS command is in effect.
MORE INFORMATION
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.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
Start the Script Editor, and enter the following code:
tell application "Microsoft FoxPro" to quit
- Save the script as an application. From the File menu, choose Save. In the dialog box that appears, select Application from the Format popup.
- Quit the Script Editor, and start Microsoft FoxPro.
In the Command window, type the following code:
@1,1 GET test DEFAULT SPACE(10) READ CYCLE- Click on the Macintosh desktop or choose the Finder application from the application menu on the far right of the menu bar.
- 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.
Additional query words: vFoxmac FoxMac 3.00 appleevent
Keywords: KB109239
