Getting all running programs on the mac

[tkuypers at pandora.be]

Frustrating...

I've changed the script on http://www.sonsothunder.com/ from a function to a
regular command, and it does the job in Apple's script editor but doesn't
work in Rev...

In Script Editor it looks like:
tell application "Finder"
    set procList to the processes
    set procNames to ""
    repeat with p in procList
        set procNames to procNames & the name of p & (ASCII character 10)
    end repeat
    return procNames
end tell

And this gives me indeed a list of all running processes.

In rev it looks like: (I've changed it a little)
on mouseup
  put "tell application " & quote & "Finder" & quote & cr into vScript
  put "set procList to the processes" & quote & cr after vScript
  put "set procNames to " & quote & quote & cr after vScript
  put "repeat with p in procList" & cr after vScript
  put "set procNames to procNames & the name of p & (ASCII character 10)" &
cr after vScript
  put "end repeat" & cr after vScript
  put "return procNames" & cr after vScript
  put "end tell" & cr after vScript
  do vScript as AppleScript
  put the result into tProcesses
  answer tProcesses
end mouseup

And this gives me a "compile error"

What could be wrong?

I'd prefer not to use the external but just plain applescript...

Ton Kuypers


> From: "Ken Ray" <kray at sonsothunder.com>
> Organization: Sons of Thunder Software
> Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:30:25 -0600
> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Subject: Re: Getting all running programs on the mac
> 
> Ton,
> 
> Here's a way to do it:
> 
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/revolution/revolution.htm?_proc002
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> Ken Ray
> Sons of Thunder Software
> Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
> Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tkuypers at pandora.be>
> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Getting all running programs on the mac
> 
> 
>> Aaaargggg
>> You're right, in the beta of SC4 I've got it's gone... :-((
>> 
>> Is there an other way to do it? We've left SuperCard development, because
> we
>> need XML, Database connections and cross-platform, so now I'm trying to
> find
>> my way in Rev...
>> 
>> Tnx
>> Ton
>> 
>>> From: Richard Gaskin <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
>>> Reply-To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:14:47 -0800
>>> To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
>>> Subject: Re: Getting all running programs on the mac
>>> 
>>> tkuypers at pandora.be wrote:
>>> 
>>>> In Supercard there is a command to get all running programs on the mac,
>>>> before
>>>> sending Apple-Events to it.
>>>> How do I determine is a program is running in Revolution?
>>> 
>>> My understanding is that SuperCard's "answer programs" command relies on
> an
>>> OS API call that is no longer supported (I don't think it's even in the
> OS X
>>> version of SC 4, is it?), so it's not likely to find its way into the
> Rev
>>> engine.  It's a handy dialog, though; would be nice if Apple could be
> talked
>>> into reinstating it.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Richard Gaskin
>>> Fourth World Media Corporation
>>> Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site
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