Applescript: Having an Icon the Causes the Script to Run

[JShus81]

Hello, I am relatively new to the whole Apple and iMac community. I am slowly learning though. Any way, my question is: I have a script that causes Safari to open a new window every time I click the icon on the dock instead of opening the Safari window that may already be opened and running in the background. What I cant figure out is how to make my Applescript an application represented by an icon on the dock, and when i click the icon, it just runs with no editor opening or running in the background or ne thing like that. I tried making the script an app by putting a '.app' suffix, but when i tried to run it afterward I got "You cannot open that application NewWindowScript because the Classic environment is no long supported." So far I have no new ideas about what to try now. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[andmr]

You might try right-clicking or Control-clicking on the script's icon and select Get Info. Remove the .app extension the info window's Name & Extension field. The script should return to its previous state -- a compiled 0S X script. Try double-clicking on the script so that it opens in the Script Editor. From Script Editor's File menu select Save As > File Format: application, and leave the Options unchecked. The resulting script applet can be placed in the Dock and should run from there without opening the Script Editor. Hope this helps.

 

[JShus81]

Thank you so much!!! It worked!