@aspears I'm just seeing this thread now. I have one initial question for you. Are you using the last cocoaDialog 3 beta version with it, or are you still using version 2.x? If using 2.x, then that's the problem. That script uses the radio button window style which isn't available in pre 3.x beta releases. From the error message I'm seeing being generated, the spelling of CD is "CocoaDialog" which sounds like version 2. In version 3, it was called "cocoaDialog" Note the lowercase "c"
When you pre-define a deferred time value, it drops back to the regular msgbox window, which was present in version 2 as well, so that might explain why it works one way and not the other.
OTOH, If you are using version 3, then let me take a closer look at the script to see if some adjustments are needed. I'll admit that script hasn't been updated in a couple years now. The last effective testing with it was back on 10.10 and 10.11. I kinda stopped working with CD scripts once 10.12 came out, because some of the window styles weren't working well with it at that point. Now that @markcarver has picked up the project again, there's hope of seeing an updated release with support for current OSes again.
