I'm working on an app that requires a remote volume to be mounted (Mac
OS X 10.6)
I use several basic connectivity tests like
put hostAddressToName ("11.11.11.11:") into the server
# If I get DNS from the XServe box I know the user is at least plugged
in or has his Airport connection uup and running..
# next, get a ping file which is a little file containing the word "true"
command CheckForServerIs Mounted
put url "file:/volumes/XServer/Sites/public_html/ping.txt" into
tPingTest
if tPingTest is "True" then
set the enabled of button "connected" to true (small animated gif
that show a live connection"
put "true" into gConnectedToLanServer # a global for later testing.
else
answer "Sorry, the server is not mounted.. shall I mount it for
you?" with "No" or "Yes"
# run afp apple script here to mount the remote volume.
end if
end CheckForServerIsMounted
OK the above works fine if the user is a "Tidy Boy" and is careful to
dismount the volume, but if he just up and pulls the ethernet cable out
with the remote volume mounted and runs off to the dentist with his lap
top... if he has my app open and tries anything, it goes into a 3 minute
wait...( this is actually a long standing nuisance with Apple's API to
the network framework... and can happen with pretty much any other app
and not just RunRev) *finally* after 3 minutes, the system seems to
realize he's cut off, gives up, and gives the CPU back to RunRev...my
dialog pop's up to offer the user the option to mount. But because he's
unplugged, his is informed he is off line and he's gracefully left to
work off line...
So, this all works well, but the part where I am unable to test for if
the user just pulled out his ethernet cable with the volume still
mounted, without this long hang up...
Any ideas?
Sivakatirswami
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