Image Events

Platform: MacOS X.5.4
Scriptlanguage: Applescript with ScriptDebugger.
Application to script: Sorry, no InDesign but: Image Events

Hello,

I wrote an Applescript that tells the application "Image Events" to create thumbnails from selected jpg and/or pdf files.

Here's a fragment of my script:
tell application "Image Events"
set the_copiedFile to open nameoftheThumbnailfile

-- resize file to max 175 pixels.
scale the_copiedFile to size 175

-- set canvas size to 175 x 175 pixels.
pad the_copiedFile to dimensions {175, 175} --with pad color {255, 255, 255}
save the_copiedFile as JPEG in whereToSave
close the_copiedFile
end tell

In the above example the result pad color will be black. But I want the pad color to be white, so I added a small piece of script: with pad color {255, 255, 255}, which is commented in the above fragment. When I uncomment it, then the script should work properly, according to the dictionary of Image Events, but unfortunately it doesn't. I get no Applescript error, but instead of a nice white background color, the file isn't padded at all. It even isn't scaled to 175 pixels!!! Strange but true.

Anybody any idea? The code is properly compiled, so I guess I have a bug here?

Kind regards, Bertus Bolknak