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Re: No way to tell if an application is running without launching it?
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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: Bill Planey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 17:40:49 -0500

On 10/5/04 3:01 PM, "Christopher Nebel" <email@hidden> wrote:

> On Oct 5, 2004, at 9:14 AM, Nigel Smith wrote:
>
>> On 5/10/04 13:12, "Bill Planey" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> Are you sure that is what is happening?
>>
>> Distiller will launch when you try to *compile* the script, and if you
>> save
>> it as a script document rather than an application it will have to be
>> recompiled each time you open it -- that will launch Distiller.
>
> Script documents are compiled scripts.  You're thinking of plain text.
>
>
> --Chris Nebel
> AppleScript Engineering

Actually, the script is saved within and called from FileMaker Pro v.7, if
that makes a difference.

Bill

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