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[andrewzw]

Hey all, I am relatively new to AppleScript (and coding in general, for that matter), but I threw together a little function that works when tested outside of Hazel, but results in the error, "Error executing AppleScript (external script location): null", when I link to it in Hazel. I was trying to build a script that, when any document was put onto the desktop, would prompt the user for a "category" to put the file in. I was wondering if anyone could see a basic mistake I made or if theres something wrong with the way it runs in Hazel. Thanks!

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global folderList
global processResult
global listSelection
global fileContainer
global fileCategory

on hazelProcessFile(theFile)
   tell application "Finder"
      set fileAddress to (POSIX path of theFile)
      set fileContainer to container of (theFile) as string
      set fileName to name of (theFile) as string
      set folderList to name of every folder of folder fileContainer
      set beginning of folderList to ("None")
      set end of folderList to ("Other")
   end tell
   tell application "System Events"
      activate
      repeat
         set processResult to (my pickCategory())
         if processResult is not "Repeat" then
            exit repeat
         end if
      end repeat
      set fileCategory to name of processResult
   end tell
   return {hazelPassesScript:true, hazelStop:false, hazelOutputAttributes:{fileCategory}}
end hazelProcessFile


on pickCategory()
   tell application "System Events"
      activate
      set listSelection to (choose from list folderList without multiple selections allowed) as string
      if listSelection is "None" then
         return my noneSelected()
      else if listSelection is "Other" then
         return my otherSelected()
      else
         return listSelection
      end if
   end tell
end pickCategory


on noneSelected()
   tell application "System Events"
      activate
      set confirmButton to "Are you sure you want to skip categorizing?"
      try
         set confirmDialog to (display dialog confirmButton buttons {"Cancel", "Confirm"} default button "Confirm" cancel button "Cancel" with icon caution)
         set confirmResponse to button returned of confirmDialog
      on error
         set confirmResponse to "Cancel"
      end try
   end tell
   if confirmResponse is not "Cancel" then
      return "None"
   else
      return "Repeat"
   end if
end noneSelected


on otherSelected()
   tell application "System Events"
      activate
      set otherFolder to the text returned of (display dialog "Enter a name for new category:" default answer "")
   end tell
   tell application "Finder"
      set newFolder to {name:otherFolder}
      make new folder at fileContainer with properties {name:otherFolder}
      return newFolder
   end tell
end otherSelected

[Mr_Noodle]

I assume you are telling Hazel to use an external script? If so, then double-check the rule to make sure it is pointing to the right file.