diff -r 1ed7b2431f10 cui/source/dialogs/scriptdlg.cxx
--- a/cui/source/dialogs/scriptdlg.cxx	Mon Feb 14 12:37:17 2011 +0100
+++ b/cui/source/dialogs/scriptdlg.cxx	Thu Feb 17 16:01:54 2011 +0100
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #include <comphelper/proparrhlp.hxx>
 
 #include <basic/sbx.hxx>
+#include <osl/thread.hxx>
 #include <svtools/imagemgr.hxx>
 #include <tools/urlobj.hxx>
 #include <vector>
@@ -76,6 +77,36 @@
 using namespace ::com::sun::star::frame;
 using namespace ::com::sun::star::document;
 
+namespace{
+
+class EditThread: public osl::Thread {
+public:
+    explicit EditThread(Reference< script::XInvocation > const & inv): xInv(inv)
+    {}
+
+private:
+    virtual void run() {
+        Sequence< Any > args(0);
+        Sequence< Any > outArgs( 0 );
+        Sequence< sal_Int16 > outIndex;
+        try
+        {
+            // ISSUE need code to run script here
+            xInv->invoke( ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Editable" ), args, outIndex, outArgs );
+        }
+        catch( Exception& e )
+        {
+            OSL_TRACE("Caught exception trying to invoke %s", ::rtl::OUStringToOString( e.Message, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US ).pData->buffer );
+        }
+    }
+
+    virtual void onTerminated() { delete this; }
+
+    Reference< script::XInvocation > xInv;
+};
+
+}
+
 void ShowErrorDialog( const Any& aException )
 {
     SvxScriptErrorDialog* pDlg = new SvxScriptErrorDialog( NULL, aException );
@@ -845,19 +876,8 @@
                     {
                         StoreCurrentSelection();
                         EndDialog( 0 );
-                        Sequence< Any > args(0);
-                        Sequence< Any > outArgs( 0 );
-                        Sequence< sal_Int16 > outIndex;
-                        try
-                        {
-                            // ISSUE need code to run script here
-                            xInv->invoke( ::rtl::OUString::createFromAscii( "Editable" ), args, outIndex, outArgs );
-                        }
-                        catch( Exception& e )
-                        {
-                            OSL_TRACE("Caught exception trying to invoke %s", ::rtl::OUStringToOString( e.Message, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US ).pData->buffer );
-
-                        }
+                        osl::Thread * p = new EditThread(xInv);
+                        p->create();
                     }
                 }
                 else if ( pButton == &aCreateButton )