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Re: delay doesn't work when applet is not frontmost
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Re: delay doesn't work when applet is not frontmost


  • Subject: Re: delay doesn't work when applet is not frontmost
  • From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:02:09 -0500

Yeah, but as much as I love Snow Leopard, Apple's not making or supporting it any more.

It did work back then.

On Mar 6, 2015, at 5:11 PM, S. J. Cunningham wrote:

> Works fine in Snow Leopard elsewhere.
>
> On Mar 4, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Stockly, Ed wrote:
>
>> Has anyone else noticed this in Yosemite (or elsewhere)
>>
>> If I save this script as an applet, the delay 20 command seems to be
>> ignored as soon as the script is no longer frontmost.
>>
>> If you remove the finder activate command, the delay works, but if you
>> bring another app to the front, it stops delaying and goes on with the
>> script.
>>
>> Can anyone repeat see this? Is it new?
>>
>> ES
>>
>> repeat with x from 1 to 20
>> tell me to activate
>> display dialog x giving up after 3
>> tell application "Finder" to activate
>> delay 20
>> end repeat
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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