AppleScript: The Missing Manual
by Adam Goldstein

The unconfirmed error reports are from readers.  They have not yet been 
approved or disproved by the author or editor and represent solely the
opinion of the reader.

Here's a key to the markup:
        [page-number]: serious technical mistake
        {page-number}: minor technical mistake
        <page-number>: important language/formatting problem
        (page-number): language change or minor formatting problem
        ?page-number?: reader question or request for clarification

This page was updated March 4, 2008.


UNCONFIRMED  errors and comments from readers: 

[90] The AppleScript code under the header "Moving the files and folders".;
The code compiles, but it will not run. Script Editor displays the following error alert:
"Finder got an error: The operation could not be completed."

The the code fragment gets highlighted:
move every folder of the desktop to the folder "Old Desktop" of home

To verify whether the code is legitimate, the code example from the "Missing Manual" was downloaded, 
compiled and run. Unfortunately, the same error alert and highlighted code fragment was displayed.


[142] Adapting your script;
Dragging an image file on the script's icon returns the following error message: "The variable openedFile is 
not defined."

[143-144] Script for "Converting Images from One Format to Another";
Compiling script as given in book gives error message "expected ?, ? but found end of line"

[182] 3rd paragraph-- "2: Type the path to the file into Safari's Address bar.";
Maybe Safari's behavior has changed since this excellent missing manual was published, but this tip suggests 
that scripts can be run from the bookmark bar by typing in its path. It seems that under Tiger, with Safari 
v3 that will merely select the file in the finder and not run it.