Hi,

> While I'm not sure my problem is related to JSOSA, it is a JSOSA app
> that I'm trying to open to edit so I'll start here and hope something
> has some suggestions.
>
> I wrote an app using JSOSA. It has worked fine for years and years,
> upgrading it as JSOSA upgrades and Mac OS upgrades.
>
> I needed to edit it again today, but now I'm getting an error "The
> document "abc.app" could not be opened." when I try to open it in
> Script Editor 2.1.1.
>
> There are a few of these javascript based apps (older backup versions
> of my current version) that I can't open any more.
>
> I can open Script Editor, switch the language to javascript and run
> it. So JSOSA seems installed okay. I've downloaded latest JSOSA. I
> downloaded latest Xcode thinking the Script Editor was corrupted
> somehow.
>
> So, I downloaded the current version of Script Debugger 4.0.5. This
> opened up abc.app. I copied the code, switched to Script Editor,
> pasted, set to javascript, saved it as an App (script, whatever does
> seem to matter), and when I try to open it again to edit it in Script
> Editor, I get the original error.

This is a Script Editor bug. This entry on my Blog describes how to work
around the problem:

http://www.latenightsw.com/blog/?p=10

Cheers
-Mark

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