Re: Issue with process names
Re: Issue with process names
- Subject: Re: Issue with process names
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:29:42 +1100
On 08/02/2012, at 5:39 PM, David Crowe wrote:
> Disagree. This has nothing to do with the terms. The statement:
>
> tell application "AdobeAcrobat"
>
> won't work if the process "AdobeAcrobat" doesn't exist even if you wrap it in a "using terms from..." block
I wasn't suggesting otherwise. FWIW, the executable in /Contents/MacOS is called "AdobeAcrobat". But I don't know how the scripting name is derived; I can't see any obvious pattern.
>
> And I use "tell application" with a variable name for the process quite often ... it's okay if you use only generic commands and classes.
Yes, it's fine if there is no terminology to fetch. Limits one's scripting a tad...
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
'AppleScriptObjC Explored' <www.macosxautomation.com/applescript/apps/>
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