Newbie question re path names

[Terry Judd]

Hi Tim,

You can use applescript (from within Rev) to do this...

put "tell application "&quote&"firefox-bin"&quote&" to quit" into tScript
do tScript as applescript

HTH,

Terry...


On 9/1/09 1:40 PM, "Timothy Miller" <gandalf at doctorTimothyMiller.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone! It works now.
> 
> Is it okay to use the "Open Process" command instead? (It seems to
> work.)
> 
> Can I also use a Rev command to quit an application?
> 
> I messed around with closeProcess but couldn't get it to work.
> 
> 
> with:
> 
> answer there is a process "/Applications/Firefox.app"
> 
> I get "True"
> 
> with:
> 
>   close process "/Applications/Firefox.app"
>   answer the result
> 
> I get an empty result, but Firefox doesn't quit. What am I doing wrong?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:37 PM, Jim Ault wrote:
> 
>> Quick tip that should work on all platforms:
>> In the message box type
>>    answer file "choose the one you like"; put it
>> 
>> The result will appear as the correct Rev syntax that refers to the
>> file
>> 
>> Do this for folders.
>>    answer folder "choose the one you like"; put it
>> 
>> Hope this helps
>> 
>> Jim Ault
>> Las Vegas
>> 
>> 
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Dr Terry Judd
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