Issue 5 - adiumbook - Version 1.3.1 and 1.4 not working in Tiger (AppleScript Error)

Issue 5:	Version 1.3.1 and 1.4 not working in Tiger (AppleScript Error)
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Status:	Fixed
Owner:	aureliojargas
Closed:	Aug 2008
Type-Defect
Priority-High

Reported by aureliojargas, Jan 08, 2008

Problem: In Tiger, when trying to use AdiumBook 1.3.1 with Adium 1.2, an "AppleScript Error" 
dialog appears.

There seem to have some issues with Adium 1.2 new AppleScript support in Tiger. One example 
of simple command that only works in Leopard is:

tell application "Adium" to get account of contact 1

AdiumBook needs to know the account of every contact it handles to avoid duplicated logins in 
different accounts or services. For example, a Gmail email used for GTalk and MSN. So this kind 
of command is common. One example:

set theResults to {id of account, title, display name} of every contact

This is not working in Tiger, so AdiumBook 1.3.1 is broken on it. Maybe some future Adium 
version correct it, maybe doesn't.

The solution by now for Tiger users is to use the previous AdiumBook 1.3 with Adium 1.1.4 or 
older.

Comment 1 by aureliojargas, Jan 18, 2008

There's a ticket in Adium's Trac system for this bug, if you want to monitor or help the issue:

http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/8972

Thanks Robert Vehse for this link.

Comment 2 by aureliojargas, Jan 21, 2008

Let's help Googlers to find this issue. The exact error message that appears for Tiger users is:

AppleScript Error
Adium got an error: Can't make id of account of every contact into type reference. (-1700)

Comment 3 by resuna, Mar 02, 2008

According to http://trac.adiumx.com/ticket/8972 the problem is that the account is a
property of the chat, not of the contact. This ticket has been closed as resolved at
adiumx.com: if you can't use a similar workaround you need to re-open the ticket or
open a new one there...

Comment 4 by aureliojargas, Mar 05, 2008

Thanks resuna, I've added a comment there. Let's wait.

Comment 5 by aureliojargas, Jul 29, 2008

The Adium team scheduled the resolution of this bug to the future 1.3 release. Now we can't do anything but 
wait :(

Comment 6 by aureliojargas, Jul 29, 2008

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Summary: Version 1.3.1 and 1.4 not working in Tiger (AppleScript Error)

Comment 7 by aureliojargas, Aug 26, 2008

The new Adium version 1.3 is out. This issue should be fixed on it. Needs testing.

Comment 8 by aureliojargas, Aug 26, 2008

Confirmed. The new Adium version fixed the issue.

If you're in Tiger, please upgrade to Adium 1.3, and AdiumBook will work fine.

Status: Fixed