On 3/5/04 4:48 am, "John C. Welch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/2/04 5:29 PM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Well, it's not an error message, it's a dialog asking >>> if you're sure you want to quit. Maybe it times out eventually but I've >>> never had the patience to wait it out. On the other hand, it doesn't come up >>> often, so I haven't been able top test "waiting it out" in spite of 10 new >>> attempts. (I can't get it to come up now.) >> >> Ok, I know the one you mean. I checked - it doesn't time out. >> >> However, I still don't recommend force quitting. Better to do this: >> >> tell application "Microsoft Entourage" >> repeat while connection in progress is true >> delay 1 >> end repeat >> quit >> end tell > > Would you even need the delay? An empty repeat loop should work just as > well, and no delay needed. Because an empty repeat loop thrashes the processor and hogs the system until it empties. The 1 second delay is a lot kinder to other processes. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the Entourage FAQ pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
