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Re: Scripting the Screen Saver
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Re: Scripting the Screen Saver


  • Subject: Re: Scripting the Screen Saver
  • From: kai <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 04:29:43 +0100


On Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at 03:31 am, DigitEL wrote:

tell application "Finder"
activate
try
open alias "MacHD:System:Library:Frameworks:ScreenSaver.framework:Versions:A:Resou rces:ScreenSaverEngine.app:"
on error errM
display dialog errM
end try
end tell

Can't recall exactly, but wasn't the main thrust of the original question to do with triggering an action after a machine had been idle for a specific period of time? No matter. Incidentally, it should be possible to achieve the above with simply:


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tell application "ScreenSaverEngine" to activate

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kai

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