Passing parameters to AppleScript causes error

Question

I have an AppleScript file that I'm passing two values to and it is giving me this error:

execution error: {"file2"} doesn’t match the parameters {fileName, fileName2} for run. (-1721)

Here is the AppleScript:

on run {fileName, fileName2}

    set output to fileName & "|" & fileName2

end run

UPDATE:
On further testing if I add more parameters it seems to work. Is there an arguments array or parameters array that I can use instead?

adayzdone · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-15 14:01:57Z

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Your handlers requires two parameters and you are only passing one. Post your handler call.

answered Jan 15, 2015 at 14:01

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ShooTerKo · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-15 14:22:06Z

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You can use

on run argv
    repeat with aParameter in argv
        display dialog aParameter as string
    end repeat
end run

The on run-argument (here called argv) is an Applescript list that contains the parameters.

Enjoy, Michael / Hamburg

answered Jan 15, 2015 at 14:22

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Is there a way to get the first and second parameter similar to how JavaScript works, such as argv[0] and argv[1]?

Try first item of argvand second item of argv etc.

Or you use on run {fileName, fileName2} but then you have to give exactly the given amount of parameters to your handler!