Re: AppleScript release notes released
Re: AppleScript release notes released
- Subject: Re: AppleScript release notes released
- From: "Laine Lee" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 17:20:29 -0500
On 11/5/07 2:37 PM, "Philip Aker" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> osascript << EOSCRIPT
> set fp to ""
> tell application "System Events"
> set frapp to item 1 of (every application process whose frontmost is
> true)
> set fp to name of frapp
> activate
> set res to (choose from list {"a", "b", "c"} with title "Important"
> default items "b")
> end tell
> tell application fp to activate
> res
> EOSCRIPT
Here's a script by Michelle Steiner gleaned from another recent thread on this list started by her (or him, in which case, my apologies, I dare you to guess my gender by my name) which I adapted into a shebanged version using your suggestion.
#!/usr/bin/osascript
set fp to ""
tell application "System Events"
set frapp to item 1 of (every application process whose frontmost is true)
set fp to name of frapp
activate
set the flag to false
repeat until the flag is true
try
set the DialogReturn to (display dialog "Enter the backup interval you wish." default answer "1" buttons {"Hours", "Minutes", "Cancel"} default button "Hours" with title "Set Time Machine Backup Interval")
set the RawNumber to the text returned of the DialogReturn as number
set the flag to true
set the TimeUnit to the button returned of the DialogReturn
on error msg number num
if num is -128 then error number -128
display alert "You must enter a number."
end try
end repeat
end tell
if the TimeUnit is "Minutes" then
set the BackupInterval to the RawNumber * minutes
else if the TimeUnit is "Hours" then
set the BackupInterval to the RawNumber * hours
end if
set the BackupInterval to the BackupInterval as integer
set thePath to ((path to library folder from system domain) as text) & "LaunchDaemons:com.apple.backupd-auto.plist"
do shell script "chmod a+w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto.plist" with administrator privileges
tell application "System Events"
tell property list file thePath
set value of property list item "StartInterval" of it to the BackupInterval
end tell
end tell
do shell script "chmod go-w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto.plist" with administrator privileges
tell application fp to activate
I also see that internal blank lines appear to cause some problems.
Thanks.
Laine Lee _______________________________________________
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