Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
- Subject: Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
- From: Ed Stockly <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:03:02 -0800
Which brings me back to my original question: Why? When and why does
it matter which application displays the dialog?
From a script we can display a wide variety of User Interface items
in several Adobe applications, in addition to what's available from
within AppleScript. If I have a work flow that uses these elements,
I'm going to want to have all the user interface items display in the
same application. I want to avoid the time it takes to change the
frontmost app, and the distraction that may cause the user.
I have a number of scripts that place open windows from several
applications in very specific positions on the screen, so even though
FInder may be front most, the user can still see the Filemaker or
Quark windows on the screen. If the process is launched in Quark and
all the elements have to be displayed in QUark then the screen will be
polluted by all the quark palettes.
I also have applets that display all the user interface elements in
the Finder or some other app, but display error messages from within
the applet. That way if there is an error the applet icon bounces in
the dock or I can use something like...
on error
tell me to activate
display dialog ...
HTH,
ES
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