• Open Menu Close Menu
  • Apple
  • Shopping Bag
  • Apple
  • Mac
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Watch
  • TV
  • Music
  • Support
  • Search apple.com
  • Shopping Bag

Lists

Open Menu Close Menu
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Lists hosted on this site
  • Email the Postmaster
  • Tips for posting to public mailing lists
Re: Who Owns An Application?
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Who Owns An Application?


  • Subject: Re: Who Owns An Application?
  • From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:22:38 -0700

At 6:47 PM -0500 6/21/06, Luther Fuller wrote:
>Your answer doesn't leave much wiggle room, W. If I recall correctly, this is one of those situations that's covered in Computing 101. I think I read about something like this in one of Knuth's books many years ago. I was hoping that a solution would be hidden away somewhere deep inside Unix. Any chance of increasing the value of W, even a little?

You covered the primary technique in your original note, hiding the app.  This, and all other potential techniques are subject to the whims of the user.

An ideal solution would be to run your application and the scripted application under a different user, but AppleScript applications need access to the Window Server, which is owned solely by the current logged in user.

So your value of W is vanishingly small.

If you want a unix solution, write a command line tool with no UI.  It can run under a hidden process and can only be killed by the user, not messed with.

Jon
 _______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Applescript-users mailing list      (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:

This email sent to email@hidden

References: 
 >Who Owns An Application? (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Who Owns An Application? (From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Who Owns An Application? (From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>)

  • Prev by Date: Re: Who Owns An Application?
  • Next by Date: Re: Down grading from 10.3.9 to 10.2.8
  • Previous by thread: Re: Who Owns An Application?
  • Next by thread: Re: Who Owns An Application?
  • Index(es):
    • Date
    • Thread