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re: need help stoppin an applescript
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re: need help stoppin an applescript


  • Subject: re: need help stoppin an applescript
  • From: Ken Dobson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 20:28:59 -0500

Could you turn your "is" into a "is not"?

tell application "Finder"
set my_name to owner name of (machine environment)
if my_name is not "Admin" then
--do some stuff--
end if
end tell





> Subject: Need help stopping an applescript
> From: Lance Ogletree <email@hidden>
> To: AppleScript List <email@hidden>
>
> I have a script I am writing I need some help with.
> The first part of the script does a check on the owner name of the machine.
> What I want to do is to stop the script from proceeding any further if I get
> a valid check on the owner name.
>
> tell application "Finder"
> set my_name to owner name of (machine environment)
> if my_name is "Admin" then
>
> end if
> end tell
>
> tell application "Desktop Printer Manager"
> delete every desktop printer
> tell application "Finder"
> set myEther to ethernet address of (machine environment)
>
> What syntax is needed for me to stop this script if my_name is "Admin"?
> I only want the script to proceed further down if my_name is not "Admin".


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