Applescript "NSCannotCreateScritpCommandError" OO 2.2.6 and MacOS 10.3.2

[James Lorenzen]

On Mar 15, 2004, at 3:32 PM, Andrew Payne wrote:

> what is your script doing?
>
> -ap
>
> On Mar 15, 2004, at 1:04 PM, James Lorenzen wrote:
>
>> I am attempting to write a Applescript to perform horizontal calcs 
>> and I receive the error "NSCannotCreateScritpCommandError" when I try 
>> to run the script.  This is on 2.2.6 and MacOS 10.3.2
>>
>> Is there a work around for this?  I did "google" the error and saw 
>> info regarding path names (I'm not using) or clipboard usage (also 
>> not using).
>>
>> Thanks
>>   James

The script is an attempt to provide some horizontal calculations in a 
simple outline based on Joel Spolsky and "Painless Software Schedules". 
  <www.joelonsoftware.com> The outline looks like this:

Column	Type
Topic	text				Description of task
Estimate	Duration, Calc'd	Original estimate
Current	Duration, Calc'd	Current (revised) estimate
Elapsed	Duration, Calc'd	Current elapsed time
Left		Duration, Calc'd	Time remaining, based on current estimate minus 
elapsed time
Done?	Check box		If done, this is checked.

The script is:

tell application "OmniOutliner"
	try
		set theDate to current date
		set myDate to ((date string of theDate) as text)
		(* otherwise, you get both date *and time down to second*, which 
screws up your comparison later on *)
		set CurrEstIDIndex to 0
		set ElapsedIDIndex to 0
		set leftIDIndex to 0
		set doneIDIndex to 0
		
		set TheDoc to front document
		set columnCount to count of columns of TheDoc
		repeat with columnIndex from 1 to columnCount
			if title of column columnIndex of TheDoc is "Current" then
				set CurrEstIDIndex to columnIndex
			end if
			if title of column columnIndex of TheDoc is "Elapsed" then
				set ElapsedIDIndex to columnIndex
			end if
			if title of column columnIndex of TheDoc is "Left" then
				set leftIDIndex to columnIndex
			end if
			if title of column columnIndex of TheDoc is "Done?" then
				set doneIDIndex to columnIndex
			end if
		end repeat
		
		if CurrEstIDIndex is equal to 0 then
			(* when bailing, put things back how you found them *)
			display dialog "You need a column named 'Current' to use this 
script" buttons "Cancel" default button 1
		else if ElapsedIDIndex is equal to 0 then
			display dialog "You need a column named 'Elapsed' to use this 
script" buttons "Cancel" default button 1
		else if leftIDIndex is equal to 0 then
			display dialog "You need a column named 'Left' to use this script" 
buttons "Cancel" default button 1
		else if doneIDIndex is equal to 0 then
			display dialog "You need a column named 'Done?' to use this script" 
buttons "Cancel" default button 1
		end if
		
		set myActCount to 0
		
		set TheList to every row in TheDoc
		repeat with myRow in TheList
			if ((state of cell doneIDIndex of myRow) is unchecked) then
				if myRow of row has subtopics is false then
					set (the value of leftIDIndex of myRow) to (the value of 
CurrEstIDIndex of myRow) - (the value of ElapsedIDIndex of myRow)
					set myActCount to myActCount + 1
				end if
			end if
		end repeat
		
		display dialog "Count of hits: " & myActCount buttons "OK"
		
	on error errormessage number errornumber
		display dialog errormessage buttons {"OK"} default button 1
	end try
	
end tell

This is my first attempt at scripting OmniOutliner and I lifted the 
idea from one that was downloaded from Omnigroup's site.

TIA
	James