[Pythonmac-SIG] Apple event time out with appscript

[Geoff Dutton]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 3:22 PM, has <hengist.podd at virgin.net> wrote:

> Geoff Dutton wrote:
>
> > I am using appscript to automate data processing through "Igor Pro".
>  However, I keep running into an Apple event time out problem when running a
> process in Igor.  I realize the timeout duration on some programs can be
> set, but I can't seem to set it through Igor's Do_Script command.  I have
> pasted my code here: http://python.pastebin.com/m5e45943e
> >
> > The time out occurs in the Igor_ProcessMol def.  How do I lengthen the
> time out duration?  I have tried setting it via
> self.igor.activate(timeout=1200) but that doesn't work.  It seems like
> self.igor.Do_Script() should have a way to set the time out.
>
> 1. Make sure you're using appscript 0.21.1 (contains a workaround for a
> periodic Apple event timeout bug in 10.6).
>
> 2. Add a 'timeout' attribute to each command that needs a non-standard
> timeout, e.g. igor.Do_Script("some command", timeout=1200)
>
> HTH
>
> has
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Thanks has!  I was using the current version of appscript, however, I tried
using the timeout parameter BEFORE the igor.Do_Script command.  I realize,
now, that timeout is an optional parameter and has to follow the Do_Script
command.

Thanks,
Geoff


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