Recently I realized that the documentation available for AppleScript is missing a description of error codes (atleast couldnt find an exhaustive list of the codes). Given the usefulness of AppleScript, in some cases ;) this repo contains the list of errors and its description.
Note: The error codes, as is typical standard in software industry are written as negative number. In the table below, the negative sign has been ignored.
| Error code | Error description |
|---|---|
| 0 | No error |
| 34 | Disk «script» is full |
| 35 | Disk «script» wasn’t found |
| 37 | Bad name for file «script» |
| 38 | File «script» wasn’t open |
| 39 | End of file error |
| 40 | Tried to position before beginning of file «script» |
| 42 | Too many files open |
| 43 | File «script» wasn’t found |
| 44 | Disk «script» is write protected |
| 45 | File «script» is locked |
| 46 | Disk «script» is locked |
| 47 | File «script» is busy |
| 48 | Duplicate file name «script» |
| 49 | File «script» is already open |
| 50 | Parameter error |
| 51 | File reference number error |
| 54 | File permission error |
| 61 | File not open with write permission |
| 108 | Out of memory |
| 120 | Folder «script» wasn’t found |
| 124 | Disk «script» is disconnected |
| 128 | User canceled |
| 192 | A resource wasn’t found |
| 244 | Voice wasn’t found |
| 600 | Application isn’t running |
| 601 | Not enough room to launch application with special requirements |
| 602 | Application isn’t 32bit clean |
| 605 | More memory is needed than specified in the size resource |
| 606 | Application is background-only |
| 607 | Buffer is too small |
| 608 | No outstanding high-level event |
| 609 | Connection is invalid |
| 877 | Classic environment will not launch that application |
| 904 | Not enough system memory to connect to remote application |
| 905 | Remote access isn’t allowed |
| 906 | «script» isn’t running or program linking isn’t enabled |
| 915 | Can’t find remote machine |
| 927 | Unable to authenticate user |
| 1700 | Can’t make «script» into type item |
| 1701 | The «script» parameter is missing for item |
| 1702 | Some data could not be read |
| 1703 | «script» is the wrong type |
| 1704 | Some parameter was invalid |
| 1705 | Operation involving a list item failed |
| 1706 | Need a newer version of the AppleEvent manager |
| 1707 | Event isn’t an AppleEvent |
| 1708 | «script» doesn’t understand the “item” message |
| 1709 | AEResetTimer was passed an invalid reply |
| 1710 | Invalid sending mode was passed |
| 1711 | User canceled out of wait loop for reply or receipt |
| 1712 | AppleEvent timed out |
| 1713 | No user interaction allowed |
| 1714 | Wrong keyword for a special function |
| 1715 | The parameter “«script»” is not understood |
| 1716 | Unknown AppleEvent address type |
| 1717 | The handler «script» is not defined |
| 1718 | Reply has not yet arrived |
| 1719 | Can’t get «script» Invalid index |
| 1720 | Invalid range |
| 1721 | «script» doesn’t match the parameters item for |
| 1723 | Can’t get «script» Access not allowed |
| 1725 | Illegal logical operator called |
| 1726 | Illegal comparison or logical |
| 1727 | Expected a reference |
| 1728 | Can’t get «script» |
| 1729 | Object counting procedure returned a negative count |
| 1730 | Container specified was an empty list |
| 1731 | Unknown object type |
| 1750 | Scripting component error |
| 1751 | Invalid script id |
| 1752 | Script doesn’t seem to belong to AppleScript |
| 1753 | Script error |
| 1754 | Invalid selector given |
| 1755 | Invalid access |
| 1756 | Source not available |
| 1757 | No such dialect |
| 1758 | Data couldn’t be read because its format is obsolete |
| 1759 | Data couldn’t be read because its format is too new |
| 1760 | Recording is already on |
| 1763 | Couldn’t write data because C and ObjectiveC pointers cannot be saved in scripts |
| 1799 | System version is too old to run the installed scripting system |
| 2700 | An error has occurred |
| 2701 | Can’t divide «script» by zero |
| 2702 | The result of a numeric operation was too large |
| 2703 | «script» can’t be launched because it is not an application |
| 2704 | «script» isn’t scriptable |
| 2705 | The application has a corrupted dictionary |
| 2706 | Stack overflow |
| 2707 | Internal table overflow |
| 2708 | Attempt to create a value larger than the allowable size |
| 2709 | Can’t get the application’s event dictionary |
| 2710 | Can’t make class «script» |
| 2720 | Can’t both consider and ignore «script» |
| 2721 | Can’t perform operation on text longer than 32K bytes |
| 2729 | Message size too large for the 70 Finder |
| 2740 | A «script» can’t go after this item |
| 2741 | Expected «script» but found item |
| 2742 | Way too long, dude |
| 2740 | A «script» can’t go here |
| 2750 | The «script» parameter is specified more than once |
| 2751 | The «script» property is specified more than once |
| 2752 | The «script» handler is specified more than once |
| 2753 | The variable «script» is not defined |
| 2754 | Can’t declare «script» as both a local and global variable |
| 2755 | Exit statement was not in a repeat loop |
| 2760 | Tell statements are nested too deeply |
| 2761 | «script» is illegal as a formal parameter |
| 2762 | «script» is not a parameter name for the event item |
| 2763 | No result was returned from some part of this expression |
| 2780 | “«script»” is ambiguous because it is imported from item and {} |
| 2781 | «script» got an error: item Offending object: {} |
| 2783 | An error has occurred |
| 2784 | Can’t continue item |
| 2785 | Can’t make «script» into the expected type |
| 2786 | Can’t make some data into the expected type |
| 2787 | Some parameter is missing for item |
| 2788 | Syntax error «script» |
| 2789 | The «script» handler is specified more than once, or there were top-level commands in addition to the «script» handler |
| 2790 | “«script»” is ambiguous because it is imported from item and {} |
| 2791 | The parameter “«script»” is not understood |
| 2797 | «script» is not type item |
| 2798 | «script» is the wrong type |
| 2799 | Some data is not type item |
| 5000 | Network file permission error |
| 10000 | AppleEvent handler failed |
| 10001 | «script» is the wrong type |
| 10002 | Invalid key form |
| 10003 | Can’t set «script» to item Access not allowed |
| 10004 | A privilege violation occurred |
| 10005 | The read operation wasn’t allowed |
| 10006 | Can’t set «script» to item |
| 10007 | The index of the event is too large to be valid |
| 10008 | The specified object is a property, not an element |
| 10009 | Can’t supply the requested type for the data |
| 10010 | Handler can’t handle objects of this class |
| 10011 | Couldn’t handle this command because it wasn’t part of the current transaction |
| 10012 | The transaction to which this command belonged isn’t a valid transaction |
| 10013 | There is no user selection |
| 10014 | Handler only handles single objects |
| 10015 | Can’t undo the previous AppleEvent or user action |
| 10016 | Handler does not allow remote events |
| 10023 | That’s an incorrect enumerated value for that property |
| 10024 | Can’t make or move that element into that container |
| 10025 | That setting conflicts with other settings for that object |
| 30720 | Invalid date and time «script» |
The script get_list.sh can be used to generate the list of error codes. Do note that the script outputs the error codes and its descriptions in raw format.
The script is the osascript with flags that prints the errors available in the AppleScript.