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I am trying to get the 'Run AppleScript' action to work but I'm running into a number of problems.

First, the embedded editor refuses to compile any 'use' statement (e.g. 'use scripting additions' or 'use script "MyLibrary"'). It gives the error message 'Expected “end” but found “use”.'

Second (and presumably relatedly), I can't get it to run any AppleScript handler. For example, this:

`script "myLibrary"'s test()`

It works without a problem in every other app I've tried but not in Hazel. Any help would be appreciated!

When using an embedded script, it is implicitly inside a handler so you can't do anything there that you can't in a handler. For that type of thing, you will need to use an external script. Also note that Hazel expects a specific handler. Please see the manual as it's explained there.

Mr_Noodle wrote:When using an embedded script, it is implicitly inside a handler so you can't do anything there that you can't in a handler. For that type of thing, you will need to use an external script. Also note that Hazel expects a specific handler. Please see the manual as it's explained there.

Okay thank you very much for the guidance. I was also having some difficulty running external scripts but I figured out a workaround for the internal method:

`do shell script "osascript -e 'test() of script \"myLibrary\"'"`