Repeat until exists process "Finder" is false?
i keep getting errors in applescript... can't get this right...
> You could use a repeat...
>
> Tell app "Finder" to quit
> Repeat until process "Finder" exists
> Tell app "finder" to activate
> Delay .25
> End
>
> I wrote this on an iphone so it's only close.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> On Jan 13, 2009, at 8:11 AM, Chunk 1978 <chunk1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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