Use applescript to force quit apple script application?

You're making headaches for yourself. at the end of the script, just say quit. That should quit the application.

If your script includes an "on idle" handler and is saved as a stay-open application, you should include a quit handler:

on quit

-- maybe do other stuff

continue quit

end quit

This will let you quit the script application using the Quit command in its menu or by typing Cmd-Q while it is active.

From the ASLG:

Warning: If AppleScript doesn’t encounter a

continue quit

on quit

AFAIK if you want to sent a quit command from another script, you would have to create a full-blown application using XCode and make the application scriptable. And that's another kettle of fish...

HD: two clarifications:

1. on quit handlers are not needed unless you want to do something before the app quits: e.g., save data or some such. If you use an on quit handler you need the continue quit line or the app will never quit, true, but you don't need to use the handler unless you have a purpose for it.
2. Applescript applications are already scriptable: you can say something like tell application "Script App" to quit from the script editor or a separate script application and it will work. If the script app does not have a unique name, you may need to go into the package contents, open the info.plist file, and find its bundle id (or create one for it) so that the system can find it, but there is no need to break out Xcode.

Thanks twtwtw, duly noted.