Language Guide

CHAPTER 7
Control Statements
218 With Timeout Statements
With Timeout 7
With Timeout statements let you change how long AppleScript can wait before
stopping execution of application and scripting addition commands that are
sent to other applications.
SYNTAX
with timeout [ of ] integer second[s]
[ statement ]...
end [ timeout ]
where
integer is an integer that specifies the amount of time, in seconds, AppleScript
allows for each application command or command addition contained in
the With Timeout statement that is sent to any application other than the
current one.
statement is any AppleScript statement.
EXAMPLE
The following With Timeout statement gives the user five minutes, instead of
the usual one minute, to type in his or her name.
try
with timeout of 300 seconds
tell application "Scriptable Text Editor"
display dialog "What is your name?" ¬
default answer ""
end tell
end timeout
on error
beep
end