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Re: apple script warning



On 2005-Mar-31, at 05:46, Paul Berkowitz wrote:

There are no applications I know of that are "attachable" to that extent
that you can set a script to run automatically on launch.

I wish more applications had the "StartUp" (and "ShutDown") folders that AppleScript-friendly programs have (BBEdit, for example) - items in these folders get opened when the application starts and finishes. But it's far from being a widely adopted feature. (I wouldn't know if Final Cut Pro qualifies as AppleScript-friendly in this sense.)


Another possibility is if the application writes temporary or log files to a folder at some particular stage during the launch - you could then attach a folder action script to that folder.

Alternatively, change the way the application is launched. Instead of double-clicking the application icon in /Applications, you could run an AppleScript that both launches the application and does other stuff. There are many ways of doing this, ranging from the Script menu or an icon on the desktop or dock, to launchers such as DragThing or Quicksilver. Of course this won't work when you double-click on document icons...

Pete

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