Can my mac run a script every 15 minute?

Question

I have osx 10.7 and indesign CS5, and I use a script I run several times a day.  Would it be possible to have my mac start this script automatically - maybe every 15 minute?

Answer 1

Hans!
I have been testing this script for many times, and every time it fails to close the indesign-document! The original script you wrote (the small one that did not kill Apple-script-popup) did manage to close indesign-documents.
Any idea why?
I have changed my Indesign script so it does not end the job with a jolly popup message, so that problem is solved.
The only problem left is the timeout message from Applescript.
property pathToScript : ""
on idle
          if pathToScript is "" then set pathToScript to (choose file with prompt "Please choose the Javascriptfile") as text
          my clickAlertButton()
          with timeout of 60 seconds
                    try
                              tell application "Adobe InDesign CS5" --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!
  do script pathToScript language javascript
                              end tell
                    on error e
  activate
  display dialog e giving up after 3
                    end try
          end timeout
          return 30
end idle
on clickAlertButton()
          tell application "System Events"
                    set namesOfCurrProcesses to name of every process
                    if namesOfCurrProcesses contains "Adobe InDesign CS5.5" then --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!
                              try
                                        tell process "Adobe InDesign CS5" --<<<<<<<YOUR APP!!!
                                                  if accessibility description of window 1 is "alert" then
                                                            click button "OK" of window 1
                                                  end if
                                        end tell
                              on error e
  activate
  display dialog e giving up after 3
                              end try
                    end if
          end tell
end clickAlertButton