Launchin an application and waiting until it has quit
Hi,
I'm trying to use automator to swap different users settings before launching an application. This much is straight forward. What I would like to do is to save the settings when the application is closed.
But I can't work out how to launch the application and then have the workflow wait until it closes again before backing up the user settings. Is this possible just using automator or do I need to start using apple scripts?
Thanks
Nic
Well, yes, you could have a workflow wait until an application closes. The workflow would loop forever checking to see if the app is running, and if isn't then backup the settings and stop looping. Hmm, you'd want to use some AppleScript for that. I used "TextEdit" as the application to test this, so you'd want to change that to the name of the app you are checking. It pauses for 5 seconds, but feel free to adjust that to whatever.
repeat
if application "TextEdit" is not running then exit repeat
delay 5
end repeat
Add the action "Run AppleScript" (Utilities category, or Automator app) as the first action before your actions that backup the settings. Just delete everything in the "Run AppleScript" action and then add the above script. The default script in "Run AppleScript" is for passing stuff from a previous action to the next action, but since this is the first action you don't need the default script. (It shouldn't hurt to leave it, either, but you don't need it.)
When the workflow is run, it'll stay stuck in the first action waiting for TextEdit (or your app) to quit. When it finally does, the workflow will move to the next actions you've provided for backing up the settings.
Hmm. Thinking a bit...
One alternative to this would be to create a workflow to quit the application, and then have it backup the settings. You would have to use the workflow instead of quitting the app normally, that is you couldn't quit from the menu nor use Cmd-Q. There's an action called "Quit Application" in Utilities category (or Finder action). Use that as your first action, then possibly the "Pause" action (Utilities category, Automator app) set to 5 or 10 seconds to make sure the app has quit, and then
your actions to make the backup for the settings.
A couple of ideas there.
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Hallo,
ich möchte gerne wissen, was "wait until next ms multiple" in Betriebsystem basierte. ich meine, wenn ich die Zähler 100ms einstelle, dann wird meine Simulation wirklich jede 100ms durchgeführt, oder es hängt von der BS ab?
Können Sie mir ein Beispiel geben?
mfG
HakanHakan,
"wait until next multiple (ms)" is a vi which is normally used in
loops. i these structures, this vi is the last one to be called. it
defines, how much time passed from start till now and waits until the
next (integer) multiple of the time connected to it. lets make an
example:
preloop-code 50 ms, loopcode 10 ms, time connected to the vi: 100 ms.
1st iteration: preloop 50 + loop 10 = 60 ms already passed when the vi
is called. so the vi waits another 40 ms to make the 100 ms full.
2nd and following iterations: loop 10 ms, so the vi waits 90 ms.
if the time would have been 80 ms preloop and 30 ms loop, the 1st
iteration would have waited 90 ms, so the time would have been overall
200 ms. (2*100ms).
Do not make the mistake to take this vi as a substitute for
hardwaretiming, since every OS except dedicated realtime-systems (linux
for itself is not a realtime-os!) has a jitter depending on the
systemload and running services!
"wait until next multiple (ms)" ist ein vi, das gewöhnlich in schleifen
verwendet wird. in diesen strukturen wird es als letze funktion
aufgerufen. es ermittelt, wieviel zeit von beginn bis zum aufruf
vergangen ist und wartet bis zum nächsten ganzzahligen vielfachen der
angeschlossen zeit. betrachten wir ein beispiel:
prelloop 50 ms, loop 10ms, angeschlossene zeit an dem vi: 100 ms.
erster durchlauf: preloop 50 + loop 10 = 60 ms sind bis zum aufruf des
vis vergangen. es wartet also 40ms um die 100 ms voll zu machen.
zweiter und folgende durchläufe: loop 10 MS, also wartet das vi 90 ms.
wäre die preloop-zeit 80 ms und die loop 30 ms gewesen, so hätte das vi
im ersten durchlauf 90 ms gewartet um die 200 ms voll zu machen.
machen sie aber nicht den fehler, dieses vi als ersatz für ein
hardware-timing zu verwenden; jedes betriebssytem außer echte
"echtzeitbetriebssysteme" (linux von sich aus ist KEIN echtzeitsystem!)
erzeugt einen "jitter"(zeitversatz), abhängig von der auslastung und
der anzahl der laufenden systemdienste!
Norbert B.
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