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Re: Stay Open Script Applications & Events
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Re: Stay Open Script Applications & Events


  • Subject: Re: Stay Open Script Applications & Events
  • From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:51:50 -0800

I don't know about the Tao, but it is covered on page 162 of O'Reilly's
AppleScript in a Nutshell, the most current AppleScript 'bible', as far as
I'm concerned. :)

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aplscptian/

Admittedly, I couldn't find it anywhere else, including the Language guide,
but developer.apple.com is throwing as many 404's as real pages for me, so I
haven't looked that deeply.

Anyone at Apple want to fix the language guide?

Andrew
:)

On 2/3/03 5:16 PM, "Brett" <email@hidden> wrote:

>
> That did it, thanks!
>
> Is this documented somewhere? It sure doesn't seem to be in my Tao of
> AppleScript <g>
>
>
> A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, it was reported that on 2/3/03
> 20:11, "Andrew Oliver" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Stay Open scripts need a 're-open' handler to handle subsequent 'opening' of
>> the applications.
>>
>> If I recall, you need:
>>
>> on reopen
>> display dialog "I'm already open!"
>> end reopen
>>
>> Andrew
>> :)
>>
>> On 2/3/03 4:01 PM, "Brett" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> I have the need for some script applications that will live in the Finder's
>>> toolbar. The launch time for these scripts can actually be longer than the
>>> run time so I wanted to be able to set the application to stay open and be
>>> re-runnable by clicking it in the Finder's toolbar.
>>>
>>> The app runs great on first launch, but when I next access the application
>>> (by again clicking the icon in the toolbar) the app comes to the front and
>>> nothing happens. That should mean that the app is getting an activate event-
>>> to test that, I put together the following script:
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> on open
>>> display dialog "Open"
>>> end open
>>>
>>> on run
>>> display dialog "run"
>>> end run
>>>
>>> on activate
>>> display dialog "activate"
>>> end activate
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> activate never gets called, but open works (if I drop something on the app)
>>> and run works. Nothing seems to get called when the app is simply activated.
>>>
>>> Anyone know what (if any) usable event is sent to the app when it is
>>> activated?
>>>
>>> -Brett
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