Getting an app to run a script when it is feeling uncooperative?

Trying to get Image Capture to run an Applescript instead of an application (usually AutoImporter) but it keeps the script (.scpt) greyed-out. How can I outwit this behaviour, please? Write a bash script instead, or will IC just chole on that too?

If it will work at all, it will have to be an application. So save your AppleScript as an Application, not a Script.

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dplum12
What computer operating system is your Premiere Elements 12 running on? Did you have the opportunity to update 12 to 12.1 Update yet using an opened project's Help Menu/Update? If not, please do so when you get the opportunity.
For now I will assume that your computer is Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit. Please try the following suggestions to overcome your Premiere Elements Sign In issue.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-premiere-elements-12-editor-will.html
and, if you get any messages about Internet connect and the computer clock, please review the following
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-sign-in-failure-connect-to.html
Please let us know the outcome.
Thank you.
ATR

Launchd - can it run a script when users log in OR switch?

I'm hoping to find someone who knows all the gory details of launchd. Here's the why and what: I'm trying to coerce Aperture into letting two users on the same computer share the same Aperture Library, both able to import photos and see and use what the other has done. Initially it is no problem, change the permissions so everyone has read/write/execute, put the Library in a common area, and point both person's Aperture at it. The problem is that Aperture changes permissions of things inside the Library as you use it, and especially when one person imports, the other person can't see that stuff.
So I want to run a script whenever someone logs in or becomes the active user by fast user switching; the script will simply change ownership and permissions of the library and everything in it to restore full access.
After days of research and testing, I made a test launchd plist file (this is the configuration file or agent that launchd looks at and runs your script when criteria are met). It sits in /Library/LaunchAgents/, here it is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.jim.test</string>
<key>LimitLoadToSessionType</key>
<string>LoginWindow</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/Library/Scripts/testscript.sh</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/Users/jim/Desktop/test.err</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/Users/jim/Desktop/test.out</string>
</dict>
</plist>
The actual test script is sitting in /Library/Scripts/:
#!/bin/bash
echo "org.jim.test.plist was run at `date`"
So if the plist is loaded and the script run, the date and time are written in the test.out file on my desktop. This thing runs great when a user logs in. The problem is, it doesn't run when users switch by fast user switching. In reading the documentation, it was vague about this, whether that could be done; I thought it could.
Can anyone help with a way to get the script to run when any user takes control by any means? As an added complication, which I'll worry about later, the script has to run as root because it's the only way to get the ownership and permissions changed.
Thanks,
Jim

BobHarris is the MAN. ACLs seem to have worked. I put the Aperture Library in /Users/Shared/ApertureLibrary, restored the regular permissions as best I could (me as owner, staff as group, 755), pointed each person's Aperture to the library, then proceeded with the ACL magic. First I created a group for my wife and I, called 'aperture', in the Accounts preference pane. That was to simplify the ACLs (one entry instead of 2) and so that other users (son) aren't able to muck it up.
It took one stinking Terminal command (note that 'aperture' at the beginning of the quote is the group, not the program, folder or library):
chmod -R +a "aperture allow list,addfile,search,delete,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directoryinherit" ApertureLibrary.aplibrary
I was unsure whether this list of permissions was necessary or sufficient, but it seems to have worked so far. Both users can access the library. I imported a different picture by each user, and the other user could then see and delete the picture imported by the other. This was not possible before.
Bob, thanks for the great idea. After a little more testing I'll post a complete how-to in the latest "how do we share Aperture" thread, and give you due credit. The bad news is all the launchd fun is over
Jim

Have terminal NOT run a script when it loads

I recently wrote a basic shell script and saved it as a .command file to run from the desktop. Since then, whenever I open the terminal it automatically runs the script then exits the terminal. If I hide the file (mv pt-noplugs.command .ptnoplugs.command) it simply opens the terminal and closes it immediately. I have tried changing the default shell from bash to something else but this doesn't seem to make a difference. I also don't seem to have a .bashrc file when it normally is /home/user/.bashrc (I'm used to linux). Any help would be appreciated. Below is the script:
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I forgot to add: when I login as a different user and load terminal is does NOT run the script mentioned before.

Run a script when folders are deleted?

I'm just playing with idea I was thinking of have a Plist in the launchd folder so that when the certain folders of the desktop are deleted it would run a script to collect information about the folders that were deleted.
Folders begining with FR and DO are moved to the trash by user, then
get number of items in each of the folder and write to a CSV file.
I just need something that will reconise the items moved to continue the rest of the script.
Any suggestions please?
Its actually to link it to this script that is a work in progress.

maybe something close to this?
tell application "Finder"
          set hotFolder to folder "Hal 9000:Users:matthew:Desktop:HotFolder"
          set keyFolder to folder "Hal 9000:Users:matthew:Desktop:Keywords"
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          if (exists (only folder hotFolder and keyFolder)) then
                    display dialog "Only these Folders exist"
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                    display dialog "Other folders exist!"
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Well, I'm looking for a means to activate a script through the active corners, I'm not asking any questions about the script itself, so I did not think it should be posted in the AppleScript categoriy, but sure, I'll give it a go.
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Use Launchctl to run a script when a program dies

I have a faceless app that must be started by an AppleScript. This process is necessary because the faceless app executes handlers that are loaded into it by the AppleScript.The AppleScript should be run at startup, and at any time the faceless app dies.
If I simply start the faceless app directly, it will do nothing until it has the handlers loaded via the AppleScript.
I would like to use launchctl to monitor the faceless app and should it die, run the AppleScript, which I can save as an app. Note that the AppleScript itself should not be kept alive. It runs and dies immediately after it starts the faceless app and loads the handlers. The problem is I can't find a way to create this "link" between the main app and the startup script. I looked at keepAlive, OtherJobEnabled. But, that seems to key off of the Disabled tag rather than the actual instance of the running program. I also considered using WatchPaths but the faceless app does not seem to open files (it reads data from a socket on a remote mnachine)
Here are the two agent plists I have (that do not work). First, the AppleScript plist:
<dict>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.phidgets.phidgetsOsaStarter</string>
          <key>Program</key>
          <string>/Users/rdp/Desktop/Projects/Phidgets/AppleScript/1998-Phidgets-Control- rev_c</string>
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          <key>com.phidgets.phidgetsOSA</key>
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</dict>
and the faceless app plist:
<dict>
          <key>Label</key>
          <string>com.phidgets.phidgetsOSA</string>
          <key>Program</key>
          <string>/Library/ScriptingAdditions/PhidgetsOSA</string>
          <key>RunAtLoad</key>
          <false/>
          <key>KeepAlive</key>
          <false/>
</dict>
I would greatly appreciate any ideas on how to approach this.
FYI, For those that are interested, the facless app, PhidgetsOSA, provides an interface to a Phidgets controller (www.phidgets.com)

So, I just took the easy way (for me) out. This will work until something better comes along...
#!/bin/ksh
while true
do
if [[ ! `ps ax|grep PhidgetsOSA|grep -v grep` ]]
then
/usr/bin/osascript /Users/rdp/Desktop/Projects/Phidgets/AppleScript/1998-Phidgets-Control-rev_c.sc pt
/usr/bin/osascript -e "tell application \"IndigoServer\" to log \"restarted PhidgetsOSA\" using type \"Phidgets Watchdog\""
fi
sleep 15
done&
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I saw that Messages.app has an AppleScript handler and I thought about making a script to change my status to "Away" or "DND" when Do Not Disturb feature of Notification Center is on. But I don't know how to "talk" to AppleScript regarding the DND feature of NC. I used AppleScript once or twice for simple tasks when I told Finder or Mail to do something simple, but now I don't know how to do this.
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Hi,
If you Open AppleScript Editor you can use the File Menu to Open Dictionary.
You will get a window full of the apps and items that have AppleScript Dictionaries.
From here I opened the System Preferences one (There seemed to be no Notifications one)
I looked at the two sets of items (Standard Suite and System Preferences).
The second seems to be the one to use.
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using terms from application "System Preferences"
reveal pane
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I get an error message.
At this point my skills at AppleScript are exceeded to know what to do next.
Aside from that Messages 7 (Mountain Lion) and earlier iChat version had an Alert section to the Preferences.
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I had two; the first was set for AV Chat Started which changed the Status Message and the Input and Output volumes and the second for AV Chat Ended which said I had been busy but was no longer and changed the volume back.
I would have to run these as External Scripts (not set in the option you describe) but I have not down this yet.
I don't think the current option can be set to anything other than Message Received and you want to do things to the Status Message before then, control be an event in another app.
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How can I run a script when an application quit??

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I'm trying to write a script, which can be triggered automatically (to do some stuff) at the time when a given application quit. I was playing around with this test script, taking "TextEdit" as an example - it just prints a message when TextEdit exits.
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set current_processes to get the name of every process
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set numberofprocesses to count of items in previous_processes
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display alert item counter of previous_processes & " quit!"
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set counter to counter + 1
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set previous_processes to current_processes
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