macOS Choose application dialog opening when not needed in my Applescript

[hary536]

Hi,
I have an applescript that seemed to work okay till OS 10.8.4. Now with OS 10.8.5 and 10.9, I am having below issue.
What I do is,I have a subroutine where I check if the app is installed on the system or not and if it is not installed, I return back. If it is installed, I do other actions, like launching the app, etc. (Code copied below).

However, what is happening now is, whenever I run the script and if the app is not installed, it does return from the subroutine but then before exiting from the script, it opens up the choose application dialog. It also opens up when I compile or save the file. The application is Timbuktu Pro.

Below is the simplified code from my larger script. This simplified code has same problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions for solution?
Thanks a lot!
*********************Code Below*********************

global tb2Exists
set netopiaprefexists to true

try
	tell application "Finder" to get application file id "com.netopia.timbuktu.pro"
	set tb2Exists to true
on error
	set tb2Exists to false
end try
settimbuktu()
display dialog "Returned from timbuktu"

on settimbuktu()
	if tb2Exists is false then
		--bringtofront()
		display dialog ¬
			"Seems Timbuktu Pro is not installed on this computer.
Install Timbuktu Pro and then re-run this script to configure timbuktu preferences." with title "AutoConfigure: Timbuktu Pro not Installed" buttons {"Continue"} default button 1 with icon 2
		return
	end if
try
			if netopiaprefexists is false then
				tell application "Timbuktu Pro.app"
					ignoring application responses
						activate
						delay 3
						quit
					end ignoring
				end tell
				
			end if
		end try

 

[Mark FX]

I tested the code snippet below on OSX 10.9 and I'm not getting the open application dialog box you're describing.

global tb2Exists

try
	tell application "Finder" to get application file id "com.netopia.timbuktu.pro"
	set tb2Exists to true
on error
	set tb2Exists to false
end try
settimbuktu()

on settimbuktu()
	if tb2Exists is equal to false then
		display dialog "Timbuktu Pro is not installed"
		return
	else
		display dialog "Timbuktu Pro is installed"
		return
	end if
end settimbuktu

You've not posted all of the code in the settimbuktu() method in your post, as we cant see the "end settimbuktu" statement.

Are you sure the problem occurs in the posted segment of code, or somewhere else in the scripts code.

Regards Mark

 

[Mark FX]

After further testing I can only get the application open dialog box to appear if I try to send messages to an application that is not installed on my system.

For example the code below displays the open application dialog box because I dont have the "Timbuktu Pro" application installed, but does so only once, then returns true on subsequent runs.

tell application "Timbuktu Pro" to set tb2Exists to true

Which leads me to conclude that you are trying call an application that does not exist on your system, or you have typed the name of the app incorrectly.

So I would check the spelling in your code.

Regards Mark