Delay while printing is being done
Delay while printing is being done
- Subject: Delay while printing is being done
- From: Peter Baxter <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:59:33 +1000
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Hi people,
I have been working on a script that prints word files as PDF's. The end result was reasonably effective, however I brought another issue to the fore. Often when writing scripts I put in a delay of a second or two to ensure that the script does not start a process before another has finished. The script below is an example. This script would be much more reliable if it could detect when the printing process finished before attempting to close the file.
try tell application "Finder" to set thisList to every file in the front window repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in thisList set thisItem to item i of thisList tell application "Finder" to activate open thisItem delay 1 tell application "System Events" keystroke "p" using command down -- print delay 3 key code 36 delay 15 --> How do I write a script that detects when it is safe to close the window? tell application "System Events" keystroke "w" using command down end tell end tell end repeat end try
How do I write a script that detects when it is safe to close the window?
Peter Baxter
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D. Eisenhower, April 16, 1953
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