startup script

On Nov 26, 3:04 pm, Jo_y wrote:
> First, write your script, insert this into an idle -loop and then save
> your script as stand -open application, at least, go in the account
> preference panel of your system and add it to the applications list,
> from where it will be called at startup together with the other items
> in this list.
> The script cannot restart itself after a crash, because this requires
> another application module, which can crash too. (the known "Demons",
> where runs in backround are written in a better code as the simple
> applescript. Try to use Xcode, this works.)

hi joy,

thanx for reply,
could you check this... is it right

[applescript]
repeat while 1 = 1
idle
--return "hi"
end repeat

on idle
display dialog "hello, hw r u"
delay 5
end idle
[/applescript]

regards,
anni
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,
anni wrote:

> On Nov 26, 3:04 pm, Jo_y wrote:
> > First, write your script, insert this into an idle -loop and then save
> > your script as stand -open application, at least, go in the account
> > preference panel of your system and add it to the applications list,
> > from where it will be called at startup together with the other items
> > in this list.
> > The script cannot restart itself after a crash, because this requires
> > another application module, which can crash too. (the known "Demons",
> > where runs in backround are written in a better code as the simple
> > applescript. Try to use Xcode, this works.)
>
> hi joy,
>
> thanx for reply,
> could you check this... is it right
>
> [applescript]
> repeat while 1 = 1
> idle
> --return "hi"
> end repeat
>
> on idle
> display dialog "hello, hw r u"
> delay 5
> end idle
> [/applescript]
>
> regards,
> anni

You are not using idle correctly. Try this:

on idle
display dialog "hello, hw r u"
return 5
end idle

Compile and save this script as a stay-open application. It will display
your dialog every 5 seconds until you Quit the program.

Nothing else is needed.

There is no easy way in AppleScript to be notified when an application
starts. The closest thing you can do is to check the names of all
running programs in your idle handler and try to determine if any new
programs have started since the idle handler last ran.

HTH,

Don

--
Donald S. Hall, Ph.D.
Apps & More Software Design, Inc.
http://www.appsandmore.com
don at appsandmore dot com
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,
anni wrote:

> i want to create script which contineously run in background. It
> started automatically when system is started.

If you mean what you say:
<http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html>. launchd is the
background process that starts the others. One Ring to Rule Them All.

If instead you mean "when the user logs in", you could use a stay-open
applet with an on idle handler.

> When any error will
> occur script restarted itself again.

Nothing can start itself. To achieve such behaviour, you'll need
something *else* to monitor it, and to act when appropriate. Here too
launchd is probably a good choice. Or cron. Or a second AS applet.
Depends on what you're comfortable with, what level of reliability you
want to achieve, etc.

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PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!"
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On 26/11/2008, anni wrote in message <33903372-fa7f-4f31-816d-
80b48cbf099c DeleteThis @r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com>:

> [applescript]
> repeat while 1 =3D 1
> idle
> --return "hi"
> end repeat
>
> on idle
> display dialog "hello, hw r u"
> delay 5
> end idle
> [/applescript]

Read the documentation for the 'idle' handler before using it. Also, read
a newsgroup before posting to it.

Basically, replace all of that with

on idle
display dialog "hello, hw r u"
return 5
end idle

Save the script with the 'stay open' box checked.

Simon.
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