Re: No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
Re: No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
- Subject: Re: No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
- From: Bernardo Hoehl <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:37:13 -0300
I had the same problem with a Demo I built.
I tried to check if the users box had Filemaker installed, and as a
result it opened a "where is filemaker" dialog.
I think what launches the application is the "tell application to quit"
statement.
I fixd the problem by simply making another script (saved as app) with
the "tell application to quit" statement.
Like this:
If process_flag then
do shell script "open /path/folder/nameofscript.app" --- script with
your tell application to quit statement
end if
Hope this helps.
Bernardo Höhl
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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On 5 Oct, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Bill Planey wrote:
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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