Background process

[Simon Lord]

Thanks Klaus.  That works great.

Now for the left-hook...

I need to save these files to a server.  So I'm guessing I need to ftp 
them there.  If there a way to send them over via some xmlsocket style 
connection where the *line* stays open?  I can see the ftp requests 
slowing things down having to open/close connections with each sent 
file.





On Mar 25, 2005, at 11:06 AM, Klaus Major wrote:

> Hi Simon,
>
>> It's been a while since I fired up MetaCard but I would like to do 
>> the following if possible...
>> Can I run a metacard exe (mac/pc - linux if possible) as a 
>> *background* process which takes screenshots every xNum of minutes?  
>> How would I do that?
>
> Hmm, at least for the mac this would work, just tested :-)
>
> on mouseUp
>   send "doit" to me in 5 secs
> end mouseUp
>
> I clicked and switched to "Mail.app", so MC was in the "background"...
>
> on doit
>   export snapshot from rect (the screenrect) to file "sc1.jpg" as JPEG
> end doit
>
> I am sure you will figure out how to adopt this to your app...
> If in doubt drop a line :-)
>
> And then i found this nice and big (1600*1200) jpg in the 
> defaultfolder...
> You can set "the jpegquality" first if you like...
>
> For OS X there might be a chance to put your app into the "background",
> read no dock icon, by adding something to the "Info.plist"...
>
> This is from Ken's wonderful and helpful RR page, i hope he won't 
> mind...
> Just for your convenience ;-)
>
> Please bookmark:
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> Look for -> Developer Resources -> Revolution
>
> ##########################
> Hiding a Process (Making a Backgrounded App)
> (Mac OS X Only)
> To hide an application process in OS X 10.2 and earlier, open the 
> Info.plist file in the
> Contents folder of the application package. Add this to the <dict> 
> section (it doesn't seem to matter where):
>
> <key>NSBGOnly</key>
> <string>1</string>
>
>  In OS X 10.3 and later, add this instead:
>
> <key>LSUIElement</key>
> <string>1</string>
>
>  Doing this will remove the process from the Dock, and from any menus 
> that list active (visible) processes.
> To show it again, you can either put in a 0 instead of a 1 for the 
> <key>, or you can remove the whole thing.
>
> Cross-posted from the SuperCard List
> Updated 8/25/04 by Ken Ray from a tip posted by Devin Asay to the 
> Use-Revolution list
> ###########################
>
> Hope that helps...
>
>> Sincerely,
>> Simon
>
> Regards from germany
>
> Klaus Major
> klaus at major-k.de
> http://www.major-k.de
>
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Sincerely,
Simon