Re: Tell Launcher to quit
Re: Tell Launcher to quit
- Subject: Re: Tell Launcher to quit
- From: Bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 19:40:32 -0500
- Organization: Apex Radiology
OK, I know that there are those people who eschew OSAXen for full
applications,
(OSAXen? We don't need no stinking OSAXen)
so here is a version that uses no OSAXen; requiring only the application
Process Watcher.
--Toggle Launcher
--turns Launcher ON if not running and OFF if already running.
tell application "ProcessWatcher"
activate
if "Launcher" is in (get processes) then
kill "Launcher"
else
tell application "Finder" to open file "Macintosh HD:System Folder:Control
Panels:Launcher"
end if
quit
end tell
Bryan Kaufman
Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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On 12/24/00 12:53 PM, "Bryan" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> --Toggle Launcher
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> --turns Launcher ON if not running and OFF if already running.
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> --requires 'Sandi's Additons' and 'Akua' OSAXen
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> set mylauncher to (((path to control panels) as text) & "Launcher")
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> if "Launcher" is in (all processes) then
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> tell application "Finder" to open file mylauncher
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> TypeText "q" with Command
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> else
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> tell application "Finder" to open file mylauncher
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> end if
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Yes, Michelle Steiner already pointed that out two days ago. Your version
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uses Sandi's Additions (you should probably say so?) while Michelle stuck
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with the Sigma's Additions version with which I had tried with closed the
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window which someone had suggested earlier as a solution (but which doesn't
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work in OS 9). So this works too:
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type text "q" holding down command -- Sigma's Additions
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as Michelle said. Thanks for putting it all together in one script, which
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also needs Akua Sweets for 'all processes'.
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Interestingly, Akua's 'puppet menu' while in the Finder:
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puppet menu {"File", "Quit"}
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doesn't work here ("user interaction not allowed"), I guess because you
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can't actually activate the application (since Launcher isn't an
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application) and the Finder is no longer the prevailing application for the
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Launcher in OS 9, as Chris Nebel just explained.
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Paul Berkowitz