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Re: Testing if another app is running
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Re: Testing if another app is running


  • Subject: Re: Testing if another app is running
  • From: Michael Grant <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:24:03 -0600

On 2/8/03 8:08 PM, "Jeffrey Mattox" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I want to quit another application, as in:
>
> tell application "AnotherApp" to quit
>
> But first I need to determine if the other application is running.
> If it's not, then that line launches it before quitting it.
>
> if ( "AnotherApp" is running ) then -- how to do this?
> tell application "AnotherApp" to quit
> end if
>
> There must be an easy way...

tell application "Finder" to name of processes
if "AnotherApp" is in the result then tell application "AnotherApp" to quit

Michael

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