Re: AppleScript Timed Events
Re: AppleScript Timed Events
- Subject: Re: AppleScript Timed Events
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:23:54 -0700
On 6/18/03 2:13 AM, "John Delacour" <email@hidden> wrote:
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At 12:21 am -0600 18/6/03, Donald Hall wrote:
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> I have been reading this thread with interest. If you want to keep
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> things in AS, then John Delacour's little script looks good. If you
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> want to schedule scripts to run (or applications for that matter),
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> I invite you to look at an application I publish called "Script
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> Timer".
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This looks very nice, though I haven't had time to use it yet.
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Sincere thanks to Deivy for the very clear explanation of how to use
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at. But.....
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<snip>
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<<at>> is clumsy, cannot run a compiled script, and has a minimum
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interval of a minute. I reckon also that at least half the people
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who try to follow Deivy's instructions, clear though they are, will
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be tearing their hair out after twenty minutes trying to work out
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what they're doing wrong.
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My example of how to do things with a stay-open applet was merely an
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example. It would not take long to write a little package that would
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be bullet-proof, easy to use and infinitely extensible. A stay open
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applet runs compiled scripts. That is to say it takes no time (cf.
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osascript -yuk) compiling code and it takes no time and creates no
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disturbance launching applets -- it runs the scheduled task silently
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(if possible) on the second.
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When I have a moment, I'll upload a full working bundle of what I'm
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talking about.
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I believe that Donald's Script Timer is indeed a stay-open applet itself. At
least it used to be, in an earlier incarnation. He has lots of extra
doo-dads, and there's no point reinventing the wheel. Except his script is
run-only, so I guess you have to if you want to pass on the method to
others.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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