Re: Maybe not the Finder, but a 'wait for FMP' problem [WAS: Re: R23's Osaxen Rant]
Re: Maybe not the Finder, but a 'wait for FMP' problem [WAS: Re: R23's Osaxen Rant]
- Subject: Re: Maybe not the Finder, but a 'wait for FMP' problem [WAS: Re: R23's Osaxen Rant]
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:42:29 -0800
On 1/29/01 2:45 AM, "Bill Cheeseman" <email@hidden> wrote:
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on 1/28/01 8:36 PM, Paul Berkowitz at email@hidden wrote:
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> How can I tell my script to wait until the 'do script' command has
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> completely finished running before doing anything else?
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I don't know if there's any mechanism built into FMP to do this. But your
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FMP script could set a hidden field/variable ("I'm done"), and your
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AppleScript could wait in a delay loop or idle handler to see that variable
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(and clear it when found).
I've been thinking along those lines too. I just hope I can find something
that will work at all while FMP is busy. I've also been wondering whether
activating the Finder to do the label indexing might work.
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Paul Berkowitz