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Re: Check if app exists


  • Subject: Re: Check if app exists
  • From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:19:43 +0200

Title: Re: Check if app exists
At 11:11 AM -0400 9/20/07, Kevin Muldoon wrote:
-- if by 'exists' you mean is it active, then this will do...

my checkAppExists("Finder")

on checkAppExists(str)
        tell application "System Events" to get name of every process
        if result contains str then return true
        return false
end checkAppExists

-- if you mean if it's installed on the computer but not launched, then I'd like to know that answer as well. 

Not too thorough, just test for a folder or file with "GrowHelperApp" in its name in the /Applications folder:

if (do shell script "ls /Applications") contains "GrowHelperApp" then etc.

Emmanuel




On Sep 20, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Jeremy Matthews wrote:

I have the following basic code:

tell application "Finder"
                if application "GrowlHelperApp" exists then
                        set growlexists to "true"
                end if
end tell

If the app DOESN'T exist...then it continually prompts you to find/choose the application. Is there a way to gain silent approval or failure of this possibility without getting that prompt?

Thanks,
j
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