Compile Errors in Applescript for iRed2

I have a number of iRed2 actions which had worked flawlessly for some time and now have stopped working for some strange reason. Here is an example of a simple script and the errors I am getting. THis script used to compile just fine. Now it doesn't:

tell application "iRed2" to perform action Code "Volume Up" of Device "Onkyo/TX-NR3008" using module "IRTrans LAN 43988 - MBR" using led "all"

The compile error I get highlights the words "perform action" and the message is "A identifier can't go after this identifier".

I get this error on all the scripts; they previously compiled just fine.

Any ideas?

I have no experience with the iRed2 application, but do have some with AppleScript.

Are you sure the iRed2 application can still be opened on your hard drive? It sounds like AppleScript isn't able to read the dictionary for iRed2 which defines those verbs. Perhaps the application name changed or you have more than one copy of the app on your system. If you have more than one copy of the application on your system, the OS can become confused and you'll need to specify the full UNIX path to the specific application you're referring to in the "tell application" portion (e.g. tell application "/Applications/Utilities/iRed2.app").

Regards,
Nathan

post your code

Yes. iRed runs fine by itself, and the commands I'm trying to run--and had no problem executing previously--work just fine when I am calling them from iRed directly.

As to the code, it is posted in the first post:

tell application "iRed2" to perform action Code "Volume Up" of Device "Onkyo/TX-NR3008" using module "IRTrans LAN 43988 - MBR" using led "all"

The compile error I get highlights the words "perform action" and the message is "A identifier can't go after this identifier".

[matt (support)]

Have you tried rebooting the Mac? The AppleScript interpreter can sometimes get into a bad state. Also try bracketing it with:

Code: Select all

using terms from "iRed2"

end using terms

to see if that helps.

Mystery solved. Because I was having other problems with iRed I reinstalled it a couple of times. The operating system named it "iRed2 4". When I renamed it back to iRed2 everything compiled perfectly.