Running multiple Applescripts in order in Automator - macos

Question

I am trying to automate this process.
step 1: change system date to a specific date.
step 2: open an application.
step 3: change system date back to normal.
Now on Automator, I have three apple scripts placed like this.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo date 082704002018"
activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
end run
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "open -a applicationName"
activate
end tell
end run
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
end run
The problem is that Automator only runs the first code. I'm not sure how to make it run all the codes in order.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. I am completely new to automator and applescript.
Thank you

Answer 1

I'm not quite sure why you chose to use three separate AppleScripts. You can combine them all into one AppleScript as I have done in this following example. I'm not quite sure why you used the “activate” commands. I don't think they are necessary so I removed those lines of the code. Anyway, this following code should work for you…
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo date 082704002018"
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "open -a applicationName"
delay 1
do script with command "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
Alternately, launching Terminal app to run shell scripts is not necessary all the time as you can run shell scripts in AppleScript by using the “do shell script” command. This following applescript code is your code using only eight lines of code.
do shell script "sudo date 082704002018"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
do shell script "open -a applicationName"
delay 1
do shell script "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "mypassword" & return
If my versions of your code throw errors, it may be necessary to adjust the delay commands or re-insert the activate commands
If you are hell-bent on using your version of the code and three separate Applescripts, just remove the on run {input, parameters} and end run lines of code from each AppleScript and that should eliminate your problem