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Re: Display dialog and select button after so long
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Re: Display dialog and select button after so long


  • Subject: Re: Display dialog and select button after so long
  • From: "Ball, Dan" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:46:28 -0400
  • Acceptlanguage: en-US
  • Thread-topic: Display dialog and select button after so long

Ok......I'm stuck again.  Please help...

Its looking for a button choice.....if it gives up it shouldn't look for a
user_choice.  About 8 lines down from the top....STUCK HERE is where I am
stuck.  Tried putting else but wouldn't take.

Thanks,

Dan

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tell application "Finder" to activate
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Finder"
		display dialog "Please select your option!" & "
Will timeout in 10 seconds!" buttons {"Restart", "Shutdown", "Cancel"}
default button 2 with icon 0 giving up after 10
		set giveUp to (gave up of the result)
		if giveUp is true then my shutdownscript("ShutdownScript")
		STUCK HERE
		set the user_choice to the button returned of the result
		if the user_choice is "Restart" then
			my restartscript("RestartScript")
			return false
		else if the user_choice is "Shutdown" then
			my shutdownscript("ShutdownScript")
			return false
		else if the user_choice is "Cancel" then
			return false
		end if
	end tell
end tell

-- Restart button

on restartscript(this_anchor)
	tell application "Finder" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Finder"
			click menu item "RestartŠ" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Apple" of menu
bar 1
		end tell
	end tell
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "loginwindow"
			activate
			click checkbox 1 of window 1
			click button "Restart" of window 1
		end tell
	end tell
end restartscript

-- Shutdown Button

on shutdownscript(this_anchor)
	tell application "Finder" to activate
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "Finder"
			click menu item "Shut DownŠ" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Apple" of menu
bar 1
		end tell
	end tell
	delay 9
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "loginwindow"
			activate
			click checkbox 1 of window 1
			click button "Shut Down" of window 1
		end tell
	end tell
end shutdownscript

-- Script created by Daniel Ball with some code from Victor Andreoni from
www.gizmoblurb.com

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