network connection problem

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

Hi,

i’ve some problems with a handler that stopped to work yesterday, and returns me an “missing value”. Whats going wrong with my connection ? “connect VPNservice” doenst work anymore!

tell application "System Events" to tell network preferences
	#properties
	tell location "Pincopallino"
		#properties
		set VPNservice to service 1
		if exists VPNservice is true then
			
			try
				log 1
				connect VPNservice
				set stat_cnn to true
			on error
				set stat_cnn to false
			end try
		end if
	end tell
end tell
return stat_cnn
#2

Hi,

if the service does not exist the variable stat_cnn is never set.
This might be more reliable


tell application "System Events" to tell network preferences
	#properties
	tell location "Pincopallino"
		#properties
		try
			set VPNservice to 1st service whose kind is 13 -- 13 is the numeric representation of VPN
			log 1
			connect VPNservice
			return true
		end try
		return false
	end tell
end tell
#3

thanks for your suggestion, i like it.
I found the problem: My network service wasnt ranked as first service in my network location. Hmpf-incredible how such little annoyances can complicate life. Maybe i should review how connections work. For now i used only location and service - but i see there’s more. Dont know if these are things worthy to dig