Re: How Can I Get a Launch Agent which is a Script to Talk to Me?
Re: How Can I Get a Launch Agent which is a Script to Talk to Me?
- Subject: Re: How Can I Get a Launch Agent which is a Script to Talk to Me?
- From: "S. J. Cunningham" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 14:02:45 -0400
On Oct 5, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Axel Luttgens wrote:
>
> Thanks for the details, Steve.
>
> So, your agent is a script run thru osascript.
> You’ve already got some feedback about the limitations of osascript wrt "user interaction" before Mavericks.
>
> Anyway, I quickly tried the following on 10.6.8:
>
> - save this one as application "exampled.app" from Applescript Editor:
>
> tell me to activate
> display dialog "exampled finished"
>
> - in the plist, change the ProgramArguments key:
>
> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> <array>
> <string>/Users/sjc/Desktop/exampled.app/Contents/MacOS/applet</string>
> </array>
>
> At each logout/login, the "agent" seems to happily display its dialog.
Thanks Axel. That worked. It also works with a carbon app. I actually tried that initially and it didn't work so I headed off down the scpt path. I'll bet the dialog was there under all the other windows and I just didn't see it :) Oh well. Not a total waste of time. Forced me to learn lot about launchd :) And, if I ever need a scpt instead of an app, I know how to do it.
And thanks to all the other guys who helped.
Steve
------------------
OS X 10.6.8, AppleScript 2.1.2
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
AppleScript-Users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
Archives: http://lists.apple.com/archives/applescript-users
This email sent to email@hidden