Ignoring response from script called using "run script alias..."

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#1

Hello,
I am looking to create a loop in AppleScript that calls a script using the “run script alias” command, and I want ignore the response from it, so it will continue working while the script that called it can continue running - but every time I try either the script is not called, or the script doing the calling must wait. I tried:


tell application "Finder"
	ignoring application responses
		run script alias "HD:Users:userName:Desktop:scriptName" with parameters {theParams}
	end ignoring
end tell

The script does not get called - however, if I remove “ignoring application responses” it will run the script (but ,as expected, will not continue until it is done).


tell me
	ignoring application responses
		run script alias "HD:Users:userName:Desktop:scriptName" with parameters {theParams}
	end ignoring
end tell

This will run the script, but will also not ignore responses and waits for it to finish before continuing.

When I save the script I want to call as an application, I can make it partially work by telling it to run:


tell application "scriptName" 
	ignoring application responses
		run
	end ignoring
end tell

It does run and is ignored, so the calling script can continue, but I cannot pass it parameters doing it this way, and I need to pass it just one parameter.

Any hints or suggestions?

Thanks,
jON bEEBE

#2

Hi,

If you save it as a script app, then you can pass parameters to an open handler. I named this script OpenApp:

on open (t)
activate
display dialog (t as string)
end open

and saved as application. I can use the open handler with this:

ignoring application responses
tell application “OpenApp”
launch
open (“hello”)
end tell
end ignoring
repeat 10 times
beep 1
do shell script “sleep 1”
end repeat

I don’t think you can continue on when using ‘run script’, because the calling app runs the text of the comiled script.

editted

gl,

#3

Wow, kel, this rocks…I did not know of the open handler and parameters. Thanks.

#4

Hi Jon,

You’re welcome.

You can call any user define function, but with the open handler, the script could double as a droplet. For instance you can do this:

ignoring application responses
tell application “DoSomething”
launch
DoSomething(“hello”)
end tell
end ignoring
repeat 10 times
beep 1
do shell script “sleep 1”
end repeat

I’m quite sure that you could also send parameters to the run handler in the past.

gl,