Re: Newbie questions about modifying a script.
Re: Newbie questions about modifying a script.
- Subject: Re: Newbie questions about modifying a script.
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:39:31 -0500
Ed,
Take whatever you want, you wrote it.
I intend on making a custom icon and putting it into the dock for those
support calls from users that don't have the time or knowledge to look
it up. The script does one odd thing, it displays another window with the
same information when you select the OK button. Is there a way to have
it only display the OK button and when you select it just close the application?
I don't see anywhere in the script where it describes the button layout
like some of the simple one's I've written.
Otherwise the script works perfectly
including giving me the IP address and correct domain name. As Peter Baxter
pointed out I will be running this on a variety of different Macs but I
didn't understand his reference to using some "error catching"
in the script. I've tested on three different models so far and it worked
perfectly.
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Jeffrey,
This script sounds like a really good idea. I may steal it from you : )
Your post touches on several issues that are fairly easy to deal with.
(*It also revealed a bug that was new to me!)
First, the Mac OS isn’t really designed to display windows with info on
the desktop. Applications do that and several are available, including
Text Edit which should be on any mac. However, for your purposes,
I ‘m thinking that an applescript dialog will do the trick.
Next, many of the items you’re using shell scripting for are available
to plain vanilla applescript with no additional parsing needed.
Third, I couldn’t get the url for checking IP addresses to work. Ideally
you should be able to use whatever shell that works in the terminal to
work in your script, but that’s something for you orsomeone else to work
with.
Lastly, I suggest text item delimiters to parse the results of your shell
scripts.
So here’s an example that does about 90% of what you want and should point
you in the right direction for the rest.
--Computer
Name, IP Address, Domain and User Name of the Mac Work Station
set macInfo
to
system info
set macName
to
computer name
of
macInfo
set macIpAddress
to
IPv4 address
of
macInfo
set userName
to
long user name
of
macInfo
set networkInfo
to
do shell script
"/usr/sbin/system_profiler
SPNetworkDataType" --
get network info
set AppleScript's
text item delimiters
to
{"Domain Name:"}
set macDomainName
to
paragraph
1
of
text item
2
of
networkInfo
set AppleScript's
text item delimiters
to
{" "}
set userInfo
to
{}
set the
end
of
userInfo
to
{"Computer Name: ",
macName}
as
text
set the
end
of
userInfo
to
{"IP Address: ",
macIpAddress
as
text}
as
text
set the
end
of
userInfo
to
{"Network Domain:
", macDomainName}
as
text
set the
end
of
userInfo
to
{"User Name: ",
userName}
as
text
set AppleScript's
text item delimiters
to
return
& return
display dialog userInfo
as
text
--*display alert userInfo
as
text
HTH,
ES
*Is this a bug? If you uncomment that last line, it generates an
error. It shouldn’t.
On 08/07/09 11:03 AM, "email@hidden"
wrote:
Good Afternoon,
I am totally new to AppleScript and need some assistance/advice on a script
I'm trying to develop. I want to end up with a Application in the Dock
or Menu Bar Item that will display the Computer Name, IP Address, Domain
and User Name of the Mac Work Station in a window on the desktop.
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