Re: prevent user input question
Re: prevent user input question
- Subject: Re: prevent user input question
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:59:53 -0500
I recently had a similar problem.
You can prevent an application from accepting user input with ...
tell application "whatsit"
activate
display dialog ...
end tell
but, it also prevents interaction of the script. Darn!
I finally wrote a small application whose sole function is ...
tell me
repeat
activate me
display dialog ... giving up after 2
if (script process does not exist) exit repeat
end repeat
end tell
This application is hidden away in the main application's bundle.
It will remind the user not to mess with the application.
I don't like it, but I think it's the best that can be done currently.
On Nov 2, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Oakley Masten wrote:
On 2007-01-11, at 12:54, Oakley Masten wrote:
Is there an easy and safe way to prevent an operator
from inputting
keyboard and mouse data until the completion of a
script?
What kind of problems would have to be dealt with if
I were to do so?
Is this even worth considering?
On 2007-01-11 Philip Aker wrote:
There's not enough info to work with. Under what
circumstances are
you running the script?
The process in question opens, modifies, prints and
then saves a folder of Excel files. It uses GUI
scripting and therefor is susceptible to errors if a
user inputs anything by keyboard or mouse. So can I
suspend input until the script finishes? If so how?
Also, how do I post a dialog that tells the user that
they must wait until the process is finished. And
what do I do if the process hangs up and never
finishes? Is there a "time limit" parameter for my
lock out?
So many questions !!!!
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