Re: Active application - how to tell? One more
Re: Active application - how to tell? One more
- Subject: Re: Active application - how to tell? One more
- From: John Stewart <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 17:55:12 -0400
On 06/22/04 at -0400 Graff said this
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You just have to keep polling it to see if it has stopped running.
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This is best done with an idle handler if you are using an applet but
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you can also just use a loop and a delay:
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tell application "System Events"
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repeat while ((name of processes) contains "Tex-Edit Plus")
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delay 5
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end repeat
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end tell
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display dialog "it closed"
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This will check every 5 seconds to see if the process "Tex-Edit Plus"
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has stopped running.
Why not as a stay open app with an idle handler
on idle{}
set appname to "nameofyourappgoeshere"
tell application "System Events"
if (name of every process) does not contain appname then
display dialog appname -- just for testing
-- your code goes here
end if
end tell
return 5
end idle
Just change "nameofyourappgoeshere" to the name of your application process as it's returned by
System Events.
JBS
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