Application check - hunt but ignore
Application check - hunt but ignore
- Subject: Application check - hunt but ignore
- From: Laine Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:40:07 -0500
- Thread-topic: Application check - hunt but ignore
I'm using Snow Leopard, and I've been referring to what appears to be fairly
thorough coverage of the concept in the following thread to implement some
sort of application availability checking:
http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users/2007/Sep/msg00217.html
This makes sense for notification apps like BP Progress Bar and Growl. I
know this has been talked about a lot, but I'm still missing it, or at least
not getting what I'm hoping for, which is to avoid the prompts for finding
the nonessential applications if they're not available and continue to
execute essential commands.
Here's what I've got so far, but I'm still prompted to find the missing
application. Where have I gone wrong, have I simply misunderstood what is
possible, or have things changed too much since that 2007 posting for it to
be useful? Thanks.
tell application "Finder"
try
exists application file id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
set growl_present to true
on error
set growl_present to false
end try
end tell
if growl_present then
using terms from application "GrowlHelperApp"
tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
activate --and more
end tell
end using terms from
--stuff
else
--same stuff
end if
Laine Lee
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