AW: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Hi Paul,

your scripts works really great!
When restarting the Dock, all open applications, which has been minimized
open their windows, which can be a little irritating for the user.
Do you know, if there is any option to control this? To show the new dock
item, without changing the state of other open apps?
Thanks
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
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> von Paul Dupuis
> Gesendet: Montag, 22. September 2014 17:02
> An: use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Betreff: Re: How to create an OS X 10.9 alias by script?
> 
> On 9/22/2014 9:28 AM, Tiemo Hollmann TB wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > can somebody give me a hint on how to add an alias of a program by
> > script
> > (shell) to the dock?
> >
> >
> 
> The command below should do it for you. NOTE: The 2 filters are to handle
> differences between versions of OSX - tested from Leopard to Mavericks. It
> presents a dialog to alert if an identical alias is already on the dock.
> Comment out the answer if you don't want that.
> 
> command CreateOSXDockAlias pDockItem -- pDockItem is the fill path and
name of
> the app
>   local tPreserveLockScreen
>   local tDockItem, tInstalledDockItems, tInstallDockItem
>   put the lockScreen into tPreserveLockScreen
>   if not tPreserveLockScreen then lock screen
>   put pDockItem into tDockItemFilter1
>   put pDockItem into tDockItemFilter2
>   replace space with "%20" in tDockItemFilter2 -- effectively Percent
Encode
> string
>   put shell("defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps") into
> tInstalledDockItems
>   put tInstalledDockItems into tTestFormat1 -- to use without %20
replacement
> for space
>   put tInstalledDockItems into tTestFormat2 -- to use with %20 replacement
for
> space
>   filter tTestFormat1 with ("*"&tDockItemFilter1&"*") -- filter to just
this
> version of the app
>   filter tTestFormat2 with ("*"&tDockItemFilter2&"*") -- filter to just
this
> version of the app
>   if (tTestFormat1 is empty) AND (tTestFormat2 is empty) then -- not
already
> in dock
>     put "defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-apps -array-add " into
> tInstallDockItem
>     put "'<dict><key>tile-data</key><dict><key>file-data</key><dict>"
> after tInstallDockItem
>     put "<key>_CFURLString</key><string>"&pDockItem&"</string>" after
> tInstallDockItem
>     put
> "<key>_CFURLStringType</key><integer>0</integer></dict></dict></dict>'"
> after tInstallDockItem
>     put shell(tInstallDockItem) into tResult -- install into the Dock
>     put shell("killall -HUP Dock") into tResult -- restart Dock to show
new
> item
>   else
>     answer information pDockItem && "is already installed on the Dock"
> with "OK"
>   end if
>   if not tPreserveLockScreen then unlock screen end CreateOSXDockAlias
> 
> 
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