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RE: display message while script is running
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RE: display message while script is running


  • Subject: RE: display message while script is running
  • From: "Jan-Bultereys" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:40:21 +0100
  • Thread-topic: display message while script is running

thanks Peter,Bernardo,Emmanuel and Dennis for your input....

I have learned different options..... and all have there advantages and disadvantages

I will try to find out which is the best option for this 'problem'.....

best regards and enjoy the rest of the day... :)
jan

> ----------
> From: 	applescript-users-bounces+jan.bultereys=email@hidden on behalf of peter boardman
> Sent: 	Thursday, December 2, 2004 14:00 PM
> To: 	email@hidden
> Subject: 	Re: display message while script is running
>
> Jan-Bultereys <email@hidden> said on 2004-12-02, 13:27 (+0100 GMT):
>
> >> Is there a way to display a message on the screen while
> >> the script is running and disappear when it's done?
>
> You could use something like Growl for notifications:
>
> --
> tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
>     notify with title "Script " description "started " & return & (current date) icon of application "Script Editor" with sticky
> end tell
> --
> ...
> --
> tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
>     notify with title "Script " description "finished " & return & (current date) icon of application "Script Editor" with sticky
> end tell
> --
>
> You can't (yet) get them to disappear under script control, but perhaps you've just popped out for a walk when the script suddenly finished, so that might be a good thing... :-)
>
> Pete
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