ok... so i've decided to use a simple apple script for this:
tell application "Finder"
quit
delay 0.25
launch
end tell
or this (which i believe is the same thing)
tell application "Finder"
quit
delay 0.25
activate application "Finder"
end tell
but i'd like to know about the delay. without the delay... in this
script the delay works to save the finder's window state and then to
relaunch the finder. should i be concerned about this delay on older,
slower computers? should it be longer?
if i write it like this:
tell application "Finder"
quit
activate application "Finder"
end tell
i will receive "Finder got an error: connection is invalid" the
second time i load the script. is this because there was no delay for
the finder to save stuff before it was quit?
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Chunk 1978 <chunk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i found this on apple's website, but i'm not sure if this is what you
> are talking about when you say using an apple event to quit the
> finder. also, based on the description of the code, it doesn't seem
> like this will automatically relaunch finder after it has been quit.
>
> OSErr QuitFinder()
> {
> int kFinderProcessSignature = 'MACS';
> OSErr anErr = paramErr;
> AppleEvent tAppleEvent = {typeNull,nil};
> AppleEvent tReply;
> AEBuildError tAEBuildError;
>
> anErr = AEBuildAppleEvent(
> kCoreEventClass, kAEQuitApplication,
> typeApplSignature, &kFinderProcessSignature,
> sizeof(OSType), kAutoGenerateReturnID,
> kAnyTransactionID, &tAppleEvent,
> &tAEBuildError,"");
>
> if (noErr == anErr)
> {
> anErr = AESend( &tAppleEvent, &tReply, kAENoReply |
> kAENeverInteract, kAENormalPriority,
> kNoTimeOut, nil, nil );
>
> (void) AEDisposeDesc(&tAppleEvent);
> }
> return anErr;
> }
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Kyle Sluder <kyle.slu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Chunk 1978 <chunk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> i have this code to relaunch the finder:
>>
>> Can't answer your question directly, but you should be sending Finder
>> a Quit Apple Event, not killing it. And even if you want to kill it,
>> you should not be launching a task to do so. And if you are going to
>> launch a task to do it, you shouldn't be using "killall Finder" to do
>> it.
>>
>> --Kyle Sluder
>>
>
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