Re: Script Editor Bug Tracking Open Windows?
Re: Script Editor Bug Tracking Open Windows?
- Subject: Re: Script Editor Bug Tracking Open Windows?
- From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:24:58 -0800
On Mar 8, 2018, at 9:42 PM, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 9 Mar 2018, at 4:28 pm, Jonathan Levi <email@hidden
> <mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>
>> do shell script "open $HOME/Desktop/" & fname
>> logWindowCountsTwoWays(fname)
>
>
> You're possibly only using this code for testing, but it's generally a very
> bad idea. The "do shell script" command will return as soon as the open
> command has been issued, so it's a matter of luck whether the file will
> actually be open before the next statement in your script is executed. It's
> recipe for intermittent errors.
Here’s a better script snippet:
--do shell script "open $HOME/Desktop/" & fname
tell application "Finder" to open folder fname of desktop
Enjoy.
Jon
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