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POApplescript from Mac App says "Expected end of line but found \U201c\"\U201d."
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    copied!<p>I am trying to perform a copy/paste for my to the the last active app, here's my code:</p> <pre><code>NSString *appleScriptSource = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"\ntell application \"%@\" to activate\ntell application \"System Events\" to tell process \"%@\"\nkeystroke \"v\" using command down\nend tell", [lastApp localizedName], [lastApp localizedName]]; NSDictionary *error; NSAppleScript *aScript = [[NSAppleScript alloc] initWithSource:appleScriptSource]; NSAppleEventDescriptor *aDescriptor = [aScript executeAndReturnError:&amp;error]; </code></pre> <p>The problem is that on some computers it works just fine, but on others it fails. My error output from error that is returned by executeAndReturnError is:</p> <pre><code>2012-06-13 17:43:19.875 Mini Translator[1206:303] (null) (error: { NSAppleScriptErrorBriefMessage = "Expected end of line but found \U201c\"\U201d."; NSAppleScriptErrorMessage = "Expected end of line but found \U201c\"\U201d."; NSAppleScriptErrorNumber = "-2741"; NSAppleScriptErrorRange = "NSRange: {95, 1}"; }) </code></pre> <p>I can't seem to figure out what it means or why it happens.</p> <p>We tried copying the generated apple-script code into the Apple Script editor, and here it works just fine.</p> <p>My App is sandboxed - i have added the bundle identifiers for the key "com.apple.security.temporary-exception.apple-events" for the apps i want to support.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p>
 

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