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I have a small dilema.
I created a script that I know generates the standard mac error sound a.k.a. beep sound. I want to detect cases where it does not generate. IS there any way to verify with applescript if the beep sound plays at all?
I mean I hear it, but I want it logged as beep sound played/not played.
any ideas are welcome!
You need to generalize the problem to how do you detect an error in another application.
Typically, aplications will return an error code when they find an error. This will cause an excpetion in your applescript app. To detect the error you put the call in a try block.
So what program are you calling?
Did you wrie the other app? If so, return a non-zero error code.
Robert
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