]]> http://apple.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/applescript-workspace-based-app-launcher/#comment-8320 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:58:45 +0000 http://apple.blogoverflow.com/?p=437#comment-8320 So it didn’t retain for formatting, lovely. I’m not sure how to post it properly, is [code][/code] enabled?

]]> http://apple.blogoverflow.com/2011/10/applescript-workspace-based-app-launcher/#comment-8319 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:57:23 +0000 http://apple.blogoverflow.com/?p=437#comment-8319 Hii, I’m completely new to Mac and have been looking at making my own app in XCode that could launch shell scripts for terminal commands I couldn’t be bothered to look up every time (such as show/hide dashboard). Anyway turns out it’s MUCH harder than I thought, and now I’ve stumbled upon your script here I’ve tried it out and it does everything that I wanted (more or less) however I get an error “Connection Invalid” when it runs, even though it works fine.

Here’s a paste of the code:

— Set Up Workspaces set workspaces to {} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Show Dashboard”, apps:{“Show Dashboard”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Show Desktop Items”, apps:{“Show Desktop Items”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Show Full Path”, apps:{“Show Full Path”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Show Hidden Files”, apps:{“Show Hidden Files”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Hide Hidden Files”, apps:{“Hide Hidden Files”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Hide Dashboard”, apps:{“Hide Dashboard”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Hide Desktop Items”, apps:{“Hide Desktop Items”}}} set workspaces to workspaces & {{name:”Hide Full Path”, apps:{“Hide Full Path”}}}

— Generate List of Workspace Names set spaceNames to {} repeat with aSpace in workspaces set spaceNames to spaceNames & name of aSpace end repeat

— Ask Which Workspace set whichSpace to choose from list spaceNames with prompt “Which script do you need?”

— Load That Workspace repeat with aSpace in workspaces if name of aSpace = (whichSpace as text) then repeat with anApp in apps of aSpace tell application anApp to activate end repeat end if end repeat

The apps are in the same directory. Thanks if you can provide any help.

I’ve looked for a way to launch apps without waiting for completion, but haven’t seen a pure AppleScript way yet.

If you’ve seen one, I’d love to hear about it 🙂

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