Error "The application "Preview" can't be opened" -1703

My AppleScript applet has a user guide in its resources folder. The guide is in PDF format. To show the guide, my applet has this code:

set path_to_Applet_alias to path to me as alias
set help_file to (path to resource "Help.pdf" in bundle path_to_Applet_alias) as string
tell application "Finder"
	open file help_file
end tell

That code works. The applet is localised for a few languages. When I set the language in my applet to another language, e.g. French, that code punches an error:

"The application "Preview" can't be opened" -1703

According to Apple, the "-1703" error means "The wrong data type was detected". But, the data type hasn't changed.

I suspect something is going on with the translation but, I can't figure out what.

Any ideas ?

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  • Same for me since Monterey 12.3 Since this last upgrade i have the same error (with the app name corresponding to the files in selection)

    Try this simple code with selection of files in Finder :

    tell application "Finder" set myTest to selection repeat with itemTest in myTest open itemTest end repeat end tell

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Monterey 12.3.1 seems to be OK for this... Thanks Apple <);o)

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Same for me since Monterey 12.3

Since this last upgrade i have the same error (with the app name corresponding to the files in selection)

Try this simple code with selection of files in Finder :

tell application "Finder"
	set myTest to selection
	repeat with itemTest in myTest
		open itemTest
	end repeat
end tell
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  • Yes, 12.3 seems to be a problem. I've tested my code in macOS 12.2.1 and had no problem. But, in 12.3, I get the -1703 error.

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  • https://news.i-n24.com/technology/107246.html

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Hello, try this, it must be OK :

set path_to_Applet_alias to path to me as alias
set help_file to (path to resource "Help.pdf" in bundle path_to_Applet_alias) as string
tell current application to do shell script "open " & quoted form of POSIX path of help_file

And my example is now working:

tell application "Finder"
	set myTest to selection
	repeat with itemTest in myTest
		tell current application to do shell script "open " & quoted form of POSIX path of (itemTest as string)
	end repeat
end tell
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  • Yes, "do shell script" seems to be an effective workaround. I decided to use System Events instead of Finder and that works well. BTW, no need to tell current application to do a shell script in your first example. "do shell script" is in the "Scripting Additions" dictionary.

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I’m not tracking this issue in detail but there definitely seems to be a regression in macOS 12.3 that’s affecting a wide range of products (FB9958432). I can’t offer any details about when this will be fixed but, as per usual, my advice is that you re-test with beta releases of the system as we seed them.

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  • Quinn, thanks. When I clicked on "FB9958432" above, I was taken to Feedback Assistant which said "Feedback Not Found". Is that what you expect ?

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Is that what you expect ?

Yes )-:

In general you can only see bugs that you file [1], so you can’t access this bug. I post bug numbers primarily as a reference for Apple folk, including Future Quinn™. It’s also important to have a bug number handy if you decide to escalate an issue with Apple via other channels.

I’ve stopped posting rdar: URLs for this reason: it confuses folks into thinking that they may be able to view the bug. In this case, however, DevForums automatically converts FBxxx numbers into links )-: You can prevent this from happening by quoting them as code (using backquotes, so FB9958432) and I’ll try to remember to do that in the future.

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[1] Modulo the teams support, which is super cool but doesn’t help you here.

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Just adding to this chain. Getting the same error when trying to open a smart object from Adobe Photoshop, that should open in Adobe Illustrator.

The application "Adobe Illustrator 2022" can't be opened. -1703

Coworkers running Monterey version 12.2.1 are not facing this issue. Only those on 12.3.

Hope this gets ironed out soon.

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Running into the same issue here with Unity trying to open sublime and audacity to view/edit assets. When Unity tries to launch these other programs, I get a: The application "Audacity" can't be opened. -1703

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Monterey 12.3.1 seems to be OK for this... Thanks Apple <);o)

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Yep, looks like this issue was fixed with yesterday's macOS 12.3.1 (21E258) release.

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+1. Yes, macOS 12.3.1 seems to have fixed my original problem.

I've already changed my AS code from Finder to System Events – which is usually quicker than Finder anyway. Think I'll leave it there.

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