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Table C.11 summarizes some of the error numbers you might see when working with your scripts.

Table C.11. Potential Error Numbers
Error number	Error message
−2700	Unknown error.
−2701	Can't divide <number> by zero.
−2702	The result of a numeric operation was too large.
−2703	<reference> can't be launched because it is not an application.
−2704	<reference> isn't scriptable.
−2705	The application has a corrupt dictionary.
−2706	Stack overflow.
−2707	Internal table overflow.
−2708	Attempt to create a value larger than the allowable size.
−2709	Can't get the event dictionary.
−2720	Can't both consider and ignore <attribute>.
−2721	Can't perform operation on text longer than 32KB.
−2729	Message size too large for the 7.0 Finder.
−2740	A <language element> can't go after this <language element>.
−2741	Expected <language element> but found <language element>.
−2750	The <name> parameter is specified more than once.
−2751	The <name> property is specified more than once.
−2752	The <name> handler is specified more than once.
−2753	The variable <name> is not defined.
−2754	Can't declare <name> as both a local and global variable.
−2755	Exit statement was not in a repeat loop.
−2760	Tell statements are nested too deeply.
−2761	<name> is illegal as a formal parameter.
−2762	<name> is not a parameter name for the event <event>.
−2763	No result was returned for some argument of this expression.

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Part IV: Appendixes > AppleScript Error Numbers