Re: 10.3.9 eFax question...
Re: 10.3.9 eFax question...
- Subject: Re: 10.3.9 eFax question...
- From: Jeffrey Berman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:14:21 -0600
On 2/22/06 9:55 AM, Bernardo Hoehl <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have this Mac that is running Os 10.3.9, and as you all might know
> when receiving a fax, I can't see anything on the GUI.
>
> The "show fax status on menu" is only available on 10.4.
>
> I wonder if any of you could give me a hint on how to detect if the Mac
> is receiving a fax.
Bernardo:
I've been using a folder action script on 10.3.9 to notify me of newly
received faxes and it works just fine. Listed below is a simplified version
of the script I attached to the folder receiving faxes.
-Jeffrey Berman
----- Attachment follows -----
on adding folder items to FaxFolder after receiving NewItems
set ReceiveDate to current date
set NewFax to item 1 of NewItems
tell application "Finder"
set FaxName to name of NewFax
if FaxName does not start with "FAX" or FaxName does not end with ¬
".pdf" or (ReceiveDate - (creation date of NewFax) > 120) then return
-- stop if not fax or old item
set FaxNum to text 10 thru -5 of FaxName
end tell
display dialog "A new fax has arrived from:" & return & FaxNum ¬
buttons {"Cancel", "View"} default button 2 with icon note
tell application "Finder" to open NewFax
end adding folder items to
----- End of attachment -----
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