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copied!<p>OS version 10.6.8</p> <p>Update: <strong>Confirmation of validity</strong><br/> After initially writing the below I tried to revert the code at hand but could not reproduce the error and hid the post by "deleting" it.<br/> Just now the error happened when loading one non-existant and one existent file-path in an options-parsing script loaded with a <code>load script</code> call, initially handled by run handler, called by the CLI osascript(1) program. This time it is revertible and I feel confident to un-"delete" it.</p> <p>In short, my solution is to change <code>anyone_else's POSIX file path_posix</code> to <code>AppleScript's POSIX file path_posix</code></p> <p><strong>Some relation</strong><br/> After writing the below I now realize that i first only saw "iTunes" and missed the relevant first line with <code>tell app "system events"</code> and the use of it's <code>property list file</code> which perhaps/actually/somehow could be related to my issue with <code>info for</code> a <code>POSIX file</code>.<br/> A note related to OP/question: file or alias <code>as string</code> gives a colon-separated "HFS"-path. System Events handles both.</p> <p><strong>My issue</strong><br/> In a script-loading script i got <code>error "Internal table overflow." number -2707</code> from the block below.<br/> It was issued when i called the block's handler using ~IPC~ (<code>app app_name's handler_name()</code>) (when i investigated it more thoroughly but, i had come across it before - without IPC).</p> <pre><code>try set file_modified_date to (info for my POSIX file file_path_posix)'s modification date true on error error_message number error_number from error_source partial result error_result to error_class if {error_number} is not in {-43, -37} then error error_message number error_number from error_source partial result error_result to error_class false end try </code></pre> <p>A (<em>the</em>(?)) parent (used for <code>my</code>) of this script, worth mentioning, is <code>current application</code> (with some levels in between) (compiled and bundled in "AppleScript Editor" to be run as a stand-alone .app)</p> <p><strong>My solution</strong><br/> Changing</p> <pre><code>set file_modified_date to (info for my POSIX file file_path_posix)'s modification date </code></pre> <p>to</p> <pre><code>set file_modified_date to (info for AppleScript's POSIX file file_path_posix)'s modification date </code></pre> <p>solved the issue - for now.</p> <p><strong>Thoughts</strong><br/> I'm guessing different ~modules~ has different "tables" (don't now much C) for handling a thing like <code>POSIX file</code> and <code>info for</code> (open "Scripting Addition" / extension (OSAX) "Standard Additions", as it (both) still is, is it not?). </p> <p>Hope this helps, and that my level of detail (and parentheses) didn't loose or confuse you :) Good night.</p> <p><strong>Diggin' 'round the cradles</strong><br/> Around the AS memory grave: (Spam prevention made me downgrade all but 2 hyperlinks - give me some rep. and i'll fix it :p)<br/> • The eminent ~has [on this error code] (http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2005/Jul/msg00166.html) with a related but perhaps other source (and mentioning his library loader) via list.apple.com.<br/> • Some [good questioning] (http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-implementors/2005/Jun/msg00104.html), some to which the below might be a slightly yawning answer:<br/> • cs.cmu.edu provides (120625) a <a href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/cmcl/link.nectar/member/airshed/psc/AFSCS/archive/mac.bin/development/languages/MPW%20Oberon%20%3ac4/OInterfaces/AppleScript.mod" rel="nofollow">pascal source from 1992</a> that defines the same limits as my local /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/OpenScripting.framework/Versions/A/Headers/AppleScript.h<br> • And finally a more distantly related [issue with large scripts] (http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=11760) from <a href="http://macscripter.net" rel="nofollow">macscripter.net</a> - a good forum of knowledge and collection of resources around applescript.<br/></p>

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