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I have written an Applescript package including a library. If I load the library at run time (via the "load script" command) it works. If I try to load the same library at compile time, the Script editor fails with a "cannot save the script" message. Whilst I think this is a problem of size, I can find no explanation of a limit to the size of a script. If the script + library exceeds about 900kb, this error always seems to occur. It is somewhat limiting when trying to write a decent sized package. Is there any way around this problem?

Posted on Sep 7, 2020 6:22 AM

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Camelot

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Sep 8, 2020 12:13 PM in response to macglh

Are you using Apple's Script Editor for your script?

I don't know if it still holds true, but about a hundred years ago when I started writing AppleScripts, Script Editor had a hard limit on 32k scripts (go figure).

I got around it at the time by using libraries, like you, and that carried me for a while. And even though I have to believe that limit has been raised in the intervening years (decades? omg!), I discovered Script Debugger and haven't looked back since. Besides completely blowing away Script Editor's size limits, it adds inspectors, debugging, tracing, breakpoints and a whole lot more. A free trial is available from their site. Might be worth trying to see if it overcomes the limits you're encountering.

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macglh Author

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Sep 8, 2020 7:32 PM in response to Camelot

Thanks, Camelot. I will investigate Script Debugger which would seem from your description to solve my problem!

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