Re: detect launch of file?
Re: detect launch of file?
- Subject: Re: detect launch of file?
- From: Bryan <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 04:22:07 -0500
Seems to me that there is an app on VersionTracker called something like
App Attachment or some such thing that can do this; but I can't seem to find
it. Age is a terrible thing; but it beats the alternative.
Oh, well ...
how about a simple idle handler?
on idle
tell application "Finder"
if name of processes contains "SimpleText" then
--do your stuff here
tell me to quit
end if
end tell
return 1
end idle
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From: Sander Tekelenburg <email@hidden>
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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:52:18 +0100
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Re: detect launch of file?
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At 09:45 -0800 UTC, on 12/03/2001, Phil Calvert wrote:
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> Is there any way (via applescript) to detected the launch of a file? I want
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> an applescript to do something only if a certain file type is launched.
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I wouldn't know, but I doubt it. However, it _is_ possible to ask the Finder
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whether or not an application is running[*]. If by "file type" you don't mean
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it in the general sense, but a file that is specific to an application, then
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perhaps this is a viable route to take. (Because opening a file would
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activate the application).
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This would mean having to use a stay-open applet that uses an "on idle"
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handler so it will continuously checks for changes.
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tell app "Finder"
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get processes
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end
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HTH
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