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Re: how to tell if a particular application is running?
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Re: how to tell if a particular application is running?

  • Subject: Re: how to tell if a particular application is running?
  • From: Steven Angier <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:37:23 +1100
  • Organization: Macscript.com
billp wrote:

> I want to make a subscript conditional upon a particular application
> running. I know I need to frame it in a try statement.

The Macscript.com Library includes several (20) process/application functions you might
find useful, including:

IsProcessRunning(theProcess)
theProcess string -- string, file spec, or alias; the creator type, file, or name of the
process to test
Result: boolean -- true if the given process is running; false if it is not

For example, if you wanted to know if SimpleText was running, you could call:

IsProcessRunning("ttxt") -- the creator type of SimpleText (or TextEdit on Mac OS X)
IsProcessRunning("SimpleText") -- by name
IsProcessRunning("Macintosh HD:Path:To:SimpleText") -- by file if you prefer

A demo is available from http://www.macscript.com

Steven Angier
Macscript.com

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