Hi list!
As new to the list and new to applescript, I've been reading some of the lastest threads,
especially the ones concerning 'do shell script'
How do I run a program in the background, reading data from its stdout?
Googling, and looking in the threads has lead me into something like
1 - run the process in the background
2 - redirect stdout to a file
3 - read output from file
Now, say the background process writes percent completion of what it is doing to stdout. (redirected to known file)
What I want is a dialog, with a progress bar, that reads the percentage, and updates
the progress bar.
is this something that will fit in an 'on idle' event?
on idle theObject
--pseudocode
if file exists then (shellscript removes file when background process done)
read last row in file
update progress bar
return 1
else
return 0 --reset idle handler?
end if
end idle
or is there a better place/event/method?
Another thing, is there a _good_ tutorial somewhere, or recommended reading?
/Björn
Björn Lundin
bnl at spray dot se
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