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in article 1de8946f.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI, Fernando G. Jensen wrote:

> The following script returns the color space of an image (RGB, CMYK). While
> working in Script Editor (latest version) the value returned is RGB, but when
> the script is saved as an application the value returned is <<constant e085>>.
> This also happens when trying to collect the same information in Photoshop ..
> any ideas?

It's a result of the way scripts are stored. When you type "RGB", what
actually gets stored is a code that means RGB. The conversion between the
code and the English representation is done when the script is opened in a
script editor, using the dictionary as a translator.

This means the conversion to to "RGB" is done while you run the script from
your editor, but when you run it as an app, there's no editor opening the
dictionary and doing the translation.

The usual way to get around this is to use the constants on both sides of
the comparison, and avoid coercing to strings. So you might do something
like:

tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
 tell document 1
  set fileColorSpace to color space of image 1 of item 1 of selection
  if fileColorSpace is rgb then -- no strings
   -- do something
  else
   --do something else
  end if
 end tell
end tell

 
-- 
Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au