[Pythonmac-SIG] Appscript unpredictable error

[has]

Sean DiZazzo wrote:

> I'm using appscript to do some work in Quicktime, and it keeps  
> erroring out somewhat unpredictably.  I am opening and closing lots  
> of documents in quick succession when it happens.  It doesn't happen  
> every time, but about 70%-80% of the time.  When it errors, it  
> always errors trying to make a new document. ie.  
> "qt.make(new=k.document)"  Quicktime will quit unexpectedly, and  
> after about 30 seconds I get:
>
> OSERROR: -609
> MESSAGE: Connection is invalid.

That means the target application unexpectedly terminated (i.e.  
crashed) while your script was waiting for a reply. I would suggest  
filing a bug report on QuickTime Player <http://bugreport.apple.com>,  
ideally including an AppleScript that reproduces the problem.

HTH

has
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