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In article <3288AA4E.41C67EA6@henr.mc.xerox.com>, "Christopher M. Villone" <villone@henr.mc.xerox.com> writes:
|>I'm a new user to the mac, and I'm trying to install appleScript on
|>a system 7.1 machine.  Whenever I try to open up applescript I get
|>a message :
|>		"Could not initialize the application because the
|>		 dialect is not available"
|>

There's a file that Applescript needs: in the System folder, in the Extensions
folder, there should be a folder called Scripting Additions.  This is where
Applescript can be extended to understand commands that are not part of the
core of Applescript.  Also in this folder should be another folder, called
Dialects.  At a minimum, this should contain a file called English Dialect -
this is what's missing.

I'm not sure why this was not installed, as it is required.

|>The files I downloaded are :
|>Disk_Image.sit.hqx

Did you do anything with this file?  The missing elements could be here, but as
a new user, you may not know how to open it.  (sorry if that's a mistake)

This is, as the name states, a disk image.  It contains a bit-for-bit image of
a floppy disk.  Your system should have been supplied with a Disk Tools disk,
which will have a utility called Disk Copy 4.2.  You can use it to copy the
image to a floppy.  Then see what there is on the floppy that may be missing.

|>Apple_27s_Scripting_Syste.sit.hqx
|>Finder_Scripting_Softwa.sit.hqx   - This file seems to be for System
|>				    System 7.1.3
|>
|>I also got some other files, but I think these are the important ones.
|>Should I update to system 7.1.3?

I'm not sure, but I think the last archive file will contain Finder 7.1.3.  
That's all you need; there is no System7.1.3.  Finder 7.1.3 is the scriptable
version of the Finder that is compatible with System 7.1.  Just replace the
existing Finder (save the old in a safe place!).

If you're really interested in Applescript, get to a bookstore.  I like 
"The Tao of Applescript", from BMUG, but there are several other introductory
books.  Also, as a new user, you'd probably get a lot out of "Mac and PowerMac
Secrets", from IDG - everything you'll ever want to know about your Mac.

have fun!

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