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Re: Is there a way to make the finder timeout faster?
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Re: Is there a way to make the finder timeout faster?


  • Subject: Re: Is there a way to make the finder timeout faster?
  • From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:37:45 -0500
  • Organization: [very little]

Tod Hallberg wrote:
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:59:36 -0500
> From: Tod Hallberg <email@hidden>
> Organization: Monical Pizza Corporation
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: Is there a way to make the finder timeout faster?
>
> I am sending a quit command to a non-scriptable app. The app quits
> every time, but it doesn't tell the script that it has quit. Is ther a
> way to make a shorter timeout.
>
> I currently have it in a try statement, but this makes no
> difference....it still waits for the finder to timeout and then
> contrinues with the script

You could wrap your quit command in "with timeout of 1 second... end
timeout". Or, even better, wrap it in "ignoring application
responses... end ignoring. That way it won't pause at all.

Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
http://AppleScriptsToGo.com
4020 W.220th St.
Fairview Park, OH 44126
(440) 331-1074

[1/26/01 6:30:34 PM]


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