thanks! your way seems much easier :)
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas
<devli...@shadowlab.org> wrote:
> The proper way to do it is probably to listen for Finder death using a
> timeout, not polling the process list.
>
> You can either use the NSWorkspaceDidTerminateApplicationNotification or use
> the low level kqueue function which provide such facility.
>
> Le 14 janv. 09 à 16:25, Chunk 1978 a écrit :
>
>> my goal is to quit an app, check to see if it has quit, and then
>> relaunch the app if it has quit successfully. i'm sending
>> quit/relaunch commands with applescripts (tell application "Finder" |
>> quit | end tell, tell application "Finder | launch | end tell), and
>> i'm attempting to make this code work without using any type of delay
>> mechanism but i'm lost.
>>
>> the following code works very well on quitting and relaunching the
>> Finder, except if the Finder is busy (copying a file, or something),
>> the program will continuously try to quit the finder while the finder
>> prompts that it's busy - it's a continuous loop... a bad scene...
>>
>> essentially i need to somehow figure out how to have this loop quit
>> the finder, but stop the loop if it's busy...
>>
>> -=-=-=-
>>
>> - (IBAction)restartFinder:(id)sender
>> {
>> //Quit Finder
>> NSDictionary* errorDict = nil;
>> NSAppleEventDescriptor *returnDescriptor = nil;
>> returnDescriptor = [quitFinderScriptObject
>> executeAndReturnError:&errorDict];
>>
>> //Check To See If Finder Has Quit
>> NSWorkspace *ws = [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace];
>> NSArray *runningAppDictionaries = [ws launchedApplications];
>> NSDictionary *aDictionary;
>>
>> for (aDictionary in runningAppDictionaries)
>> {
>> //If Finder Hasn't Quit Then Return
>> if ([[aDictionary
>> valueForKey:@"NSApplicationBundleIdentifier"]
>> isEqualToString:@"com.apple.finder"])
>> {
>> [self restartFinder:nil];
>> return;
>> break;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> //If Finder Has Quit Then Continue To Relaunch Finder
>> NSDictionary* errorDict = nil;
>> NSAppleEventDescriptor *returnDescriptor = nil;
>> returnDescriptor = [startFinderScriptObject
>> executeAndReturnError:&errorDict];
>> }
>>
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