Applescript saved as read-only...

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  1. LineMastaJorbob, May 14, 2007

    LineMastaJorbob macrumors newbie

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    Hi! This is my first thread here so please excuse me if this is in the wrong section, but I was just wondering if there was a way to make a script that you saved not run-only... I've been working on this project and then I relized that I saved it a run-only script! I nearly teared my hair out! :mad: Anyways... I was just wondering if there was ANY way at all to get my work back...
     
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  2. mkrishnan, May 14, 2007

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    Hmmm, I think that when you save a run-only, only the compiled code is saved, with no source. I'm not sure that there's a way to backtrack, short of a decompiler (and I'm not aware of one). But I'd be happy to be wrong! :eek:
     
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  3. LineMastaJorbob, May 14, 2007

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    OK... Thanx... I REALLY do hope your wrong (no offense...)
     
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  4. lancestraz, May 14, 2007

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    This happened to me once. I googled around but never found a solution.
    I ended up having to rewriting the whole thing.
     
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  5. Sayer, May 14, 2007

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    From now on save original scripts as text file and create a compiled *copy* so you don't lose the source (and you can easily use a Source Code Management (SCM) setup on plain text files).
     
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  6. MongoTheGeek, May 14, 2007

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    According to people at Apple its impossible.

    Some information can be pulled out but not edited. Subroutines can be extracted and used.
     
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  7. SC68Cal, May 15, 2007

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    Once it's a read-only, you're screwed unless you can find an applescript decompiler. Even then, you're not going to recover a 100% original.
     
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