Re: Prevent asking to locate application
Re: Prevent asking to locate application
- Subject: Re: Prevent asking to locate application
- From: Hanaan Rosenthal <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:11:37 -0500
Joe,
Place an alias to that application in the Scripting Additions folder.
On top of that, if you change the file name of the alias, you can use
the new name to refer to the application.
For instance, make an alias of QuakXPress to the scripting additions
folder and name it "Quark"
Now, instead of having to type
Tell Application "QuarkXPress 4.11"
you can do
Tell Application "Quark"
Hanaan
On Mar 28, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Joseph Weaks wrote:
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Ok, with code like:
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if appChoice is "Microsoft Word" then
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tell app "Microsoft Word" to activate
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else if appChoice is "Appleworks" then
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tell app "Appleworks" to activate
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end if
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the problem is of course that when the end user first runs the script,
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it asks them to locate those apps. If they don't have it, they cancel
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and can't use the script. What is the easiest, cleanest, shortest
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workaround for this?
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Is it using
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run script "Tell app..." ?
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Thanks,
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Joe Weaks
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