No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
- Subject: No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
- From: Bill Planey <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 07:12:02 -0500
Hello,
I have a script that checks if an application is running, then quits it if
it finds that it _is_ running. The problem is - the mere fact that
applescript checks for this application process is enough to launch it (and
then, of course, the script quits it). Just the act of checking seems to be
enough to launch it if it isn't running at the time?
Here is the code:
tell application "System Events"
try
set the process_flag to (exists process "Distiller")
end try
end tell
if process_flag then
tell application "Acrobat Distiller 6.0.2" to quit
end if
... Could the Try statement be causing this?
Thanks,
Bill Planey
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