Can my mac run a script every 15 minute?

[espenmoe]

I have osx 10.7 and indesign CS5, and I use a script I run several times a day.  Would it be possible to have my mac start this script automatically - maybe every 15 minute?

[espenmoe]

-hans- wrote:

The script you posted above should never have clicked any button cause there still 5.5 as target:

                    if namesOfCurrProcesses contains "Adobe InDesign CS5.5" then --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!

To say anything about the problems using system events it would be necessary to post the executed script, as it works on my machine without any problem.

Good luck

Hans

And that is probably the reason!

[espenmoe]

I have been testing this, and so far it looks liek we ahve a winner! I altered it to look like below:

It will not time out until 150 seconds

It wil run every 300 second

Applescript pop up lasts for 5 secons

---

property pathToScript : ""

on idle

          if pathToScript is "" then set pathToScript to (choose file with prompt "Please choose the Javascriptfile") as text

          my clickAlertButton()

          with timeout of 150 seconds

                    try

                              tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5" --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!

                                        «event K2  dosc» pathToScript given «class doLg»:«constant ScLgJSLg»

                              end tell

                    on error e

  activate

  display dialog e giving up after 3

                    end try

          end timeout

          return 300

end idle

on clickAlertButton()

          tell application "System Events"

                    set namesOfCurrProcesses to name of every process

                    if namesOfCurrProcesses contains "Adobe InDesign CS5" then --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!

                              try

                                        tell process "Adobe InDesign CS5" --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!

                                                  if accessibility description of window 1 is "alert" then

                                                            click button "OK" of window 1

                                                  end if

                                        end tell

                              on error e

  activate

  display dialog e giving up after 5

                              end try

                    end if

          end tell

end clickAlertButton

[-hans-]

Good morning,

allready sunrise in norway? Have to say that I can not understand / read one of the errormessages you've posted! Cryptical language 😉

Just a few points to clarify:

1. set time out to specific time means that this is just  the maximum time given to a process' duration. If finished earlier everything will go on from this moment and will not wait until timeout duration is over!

2. If the second errormessage appears it means that system events failed on clicking the button of alert window. UI-Scripting is not very robust and should be avoided if possible.

3. Be aware that the 'clickAlertButton'-function is just a workaround. Could be used if there no possibility to modify the executed script

3.b. If you want a Javascript alert and you want it to close after a specific time then try to use the handler I posted in response to Kevin. Just run it with 'displayDialog('anyStringYouLike')'

Have a good day

Hans-Gerd Claßen

[espenmoe]

Thx a lot!

At this time of year in Oslo, we hardly have daylight 😉

[CarlosCanto]

espenmoe wrote:

One last question: How to make the script click the "OK"-button at the end?

as an alternative, instead of using alert('done'), you could build your own dialog, show it, and dismiss it after x seconds.

[Kevin Parrott]

the code works fine for me here under CS5.5 & CS6, maybe double check that you have saved it as a stay open application.

on idle

    tell application "Adobe InDesign CS6" --works fine in CS5.5 & CS6

        do script "Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe InDesign CS6:Scripts:Scripts Panel:Samples:JavaScript:CropMarks.jsx" language javascript

    end tell

    return 5 --changed for testing

end idle

[Larry G. Schneider]

Depends on what the script does. You really don't want it firing off when you are working in an app and the script targets that app.

[espenmoe]

Larry: I'm using a dedicatet Mac.