hi, i am a total newbie to scripting. I have a small script that keeps checking for network drive and if it doesn’t see it(i.e. after waking from sleep) it re-instates it.
if I am out of my home for example, when the drive ISN’T present i keep getting a recurring error box saying the drive isn’t available.
Can I stop these windows from popping up on drive not found?
Using majave on mbp
on idle
tell application "Finder"
set isConnected to disk "ftp_server" exists
end tell
if isConnected = false then
try
mount volume "ftp_server" on server "plex_server"
end try
end if
return 30
This is not the first time I have encountered such a question. The answer is not simple: this dialog box is modal, so your handler will not continue until you:
Do not press the “OK” key or
Do not close your script and run it again.
Therefore, the handler in this form will not work. By the way, this dialog box displays the “NetAuthAgent” process:
window 1 of process "NetAuthAgent" of application process "System Events".
Try to temporarily kill this process (from other stay-open applet). Before It should check if window 1 of process “NetAuthAgent” of application process “System Events” exists on your machine current time (each 30 second as your first script).
thanks, killing the process is the only way i can stop it, i just need to restart when i need it.
I was hoping there was a way of it only running if wifi was connected, either in general or to a specific ssid.
…or just to prevent the window from appearing at all??
on idle
tell application "System Events" to tell application process "NetAuthAgent"
try
click UI element "OK" of window 1
keystroke return
end try
end tell
return 30
end idle
it works!!! my mistake, just enabled assistive control.
But, one more thing, can i keep this running because after it closed the first window, the window reappeared after a few seconds again until i the drive was available again…
Give the permissions to Script Editor in “Security & Policy”. On my computer Script Editor have all permissions. But turning “WiFi” off didn’t solution in this case. You can’t prevent the window from appearing at all as you need authentication. And you can’t control the box from your first applet’s thread. Try click “OK” with my code above, from other thread.
