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Re: Get list of desktops?
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Re: Get list of desktops?


  • Subject: Re: Get list of desktops?
  • From: "koenig.yvan" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:51:32 +0200


Le 18/07/2013 à 22:27, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> a écrit :

error "System Events got an error: Can’t get name of every desktop." number -1728 from name of every desktop

But…

tell application "System Events"
set myDesktops to every desktop

repeat with myDesktop in myDesktops
set myDesktopName to the name of myDesktop
tell desktop desktopName

This gives a bad key error 

get name of desktop "69677952"
--> error number -10002from desktop "69677952"


Accessing any property from an individual desktop reference gives this: 

Get failed: an invalid key form was specified (errAEBadKeyForm:-10002)


On Jul 18, 2013, at 4:14 PM, koenig.yvan wrote:


What if you use :

tell application "System Events"
set desktopNames to name of every desktop
--> {"iMac"}
repeat with desktopName in desktopNames
tell desktop desktopName
set oldInterval to change interval
get change interval
--> 1800.0
set change interval to 3600.0
get change interval
--> 3600.0
set change interval to oldInterval
get change interval
--> 1800.0
end tell
end repeat
end tell

Here it works but as you see, I have a single monitor.


KOENIG Yvan (VALLAURIS, France) jeudi 18 juillet 2013 22:14:32

Which system are you running ?
Here I'm running 10.8.4
If Apple delivers new systems it's not only to introduce new features, it's also to repair odd old behaviors.
They don't repair all of them but it's interesting to get the benefits of corrections which are delivered.

KOENIG Yvan (VALLAURIS, France) vendredi 19 juillet 2013 10:51:28



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