Having trouble getting OmniGraffle "selection" in AppleScript

Automation OmniGraffle Automation
#1

I am trying to update an old script to set alternating row colours on a table but am hitting a wall with “selection”.

I am using OmniGraffle 7.3 test (v177.2 r281886) and the script is from 2008 or so named “Create Alternating Row Colors.scpt” (author unknown). I have cut the script to this minimum but get this error message. “OmniGraffle got an error: AppleEvent handler failed.”

tell application "OmniGraffle"
	tell front window
		if selection is {} then
			display dialog "Please select a table with at least two rows. The first cell of the each of the first two rows will become your alternating row colors." buttons ["OK"] default button 1
		end if
	end tell
end tell

Even just adding “get selection” right after the “tell front window” line produces an error.

I am running Mac OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 (15G1212)

Thanks in advance!

Ed

#2

I have been having the same issue since the 7.3 (v177.3 r283059) update. I reduced the script even further, and anything involving “selection” is enough to throw: error “OmniGraffle got an error: AppleEvent handler failed.” number -10000
I tested the code on an old version of OmniGraffle (6.6.2), and it works.

tell front window of application “OmniGraffle”
set objects to selection
end tell

#3

Reading the selection is certainly broken (for AppleScript and JavaScript for Automation) in the present build of OG Test (7.3). 177.3.0.283059

Application.properties()
Window.properties()
Window.selection()

are all down at the moment – probably important to flag this to support if you haven’t done that yet.

#4

Now fixed and working well here in: 7.3.1 test (v177.5 r285572) :-)

#5

Yes, nice!