Re: How to start/restart the Finder from an AS app?
Re: How to start/restart the Finder from an AS app?
- Subject: Re: How to start/restart the Finder from an AS app?
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:04:36 -0500
On Dec 21, 2007 3:45 AM, Philip Aker <
email@hidden> wrote:
I don't know if there's a specific event. I've been using 'quit' and 'activate' for years.
ignoring
application responses
tell
application
"Finder"
to
quit
end
ignoring
repeat
tell
application
"System Events"
if
(
name
of
every
application process
does not
contain
"Finder")
then
exit
repeat
end
if
end
tell
end
repeat
tell
application
"Finder"
to
activate
Ah, good. I like the "wait until it's really gone" approach much better than "wait 10 seconds and hope it's really gone by then". Although spinning in general makes me nervous, so I'd probably put a delay in there between polls.
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