Hi,

the scriptability of network preferences has been massively improved in Leopard

Try this

Applescript:

tell application "System Events"
   tell current location of network preferences
       set VPNservice to service "VPN (L2TP) 2" -- name of the VPN service
       if exists VPNservice then connect VPNservice
   end tell
end tell

Hi Stefan (and Everyone),

It worked like a charm.  May I impose on you, though, for one last bit of help?  How do I check if the VPN is active?  With Internet Connect it was pretty simple, but not sure how to do it in Leopard.  The idea is to make sure the VPN is connected before mounting network drives.  Thanks in advance.

Joe

That's great for a VPN, but I use to use tell "internet connect" to connect, to dail up to the internet. Now all my scripts don't work anymore in Leopard.

I missed the
    --tell current location of network preferences--
now it works!!

I do it like this now:

Applescript:

tell application "System Events"
   tell current location of network preferences
       set Modemdailup to service "HUAWEI"
       if exists Modemdailup then connect Modemdailup
   end tell
end tell

Last edited by Rush (2008-02-12 08:50:23 am)