Launching RD3 with Applescript causes it to forget passwords

If RD3 is not running and is asked to execute a script like:
tell application "Remote Desktop" to control (every computer whose name is "TestMachine")
It will present a "Do you want to ask permission to control?" dialog.
In that session, all the computers will have their status as "No User Name and Password" as well.
If RD was already running it works fine. Is there a workaround to this bug?

You might try something like this. This will launch the application and give it a chance to "start up" before issuing the control command.
tell application "Remote Desktop"
activate
delay 3
control (every computer whose name is "TestMachine")
end tell

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3. source blah1.sh ("source blah.sh")
4. source blah2.sh ("source blah.sh")
5. chage dir to foo1 ("cd foo1")
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Hi Lanre,
try this
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I'm like a drunk driver wheb it comes to Applescript.
I use Final Cut Pro to edit video and have a time tracker program to keep track of the time I spend editing. Is there an Applescript that will launch the time program when I launch Final Cut Pro?
thanks for the help.

I am a bit crippled at the moment when writing scripts as my mac is currently in for repairs, so am using my parents windows pc.
I believe there are a number of ways of attacking this problem. Either have a small program always open checking for final cut launch or have a small application that launches both your time tracking program and final cut.
i prefer the second method as it free up systems resources (not much but i always prefer having as little open as possible in regards to background processes). SO i would use something like this:
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activate
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activate
end
end.
I would save it as an application named so it where final cut pro is, and then always use this applciation to launch final cut pro.
However if you launch final cut another way, for example open up a document file that launches final cut pro then this method will not work and the first method described would be a better way of achieveing this. However i am at best a confident novice in regards to applescript and being hindered by not having my mac to try it out on, i can only give pointers.
I believe this will check every 5 seconds for an instance of final cut pro. You can make the time intveral shorter or longer if you wish. I think the option you want to save it as is called "always open" and then in system preferences - accounts - login items select the script.
if process "Final Cut Pro" exsists then
activate application "Time Tracker"
delay 5
end
As i said before this may not work correctly and can only check when my iMac comes back from being repaired (new screen, logic board and psu, so basically replaced but inside the same case). I am sure someone else will step in and offer help in the mean time if i have got something wrong.

Trying to launch modal window in safari with Applescript

Hello,
I am writing a web-based app that needs to launch a modal browser window from an applescript file. No addressbar, no toolbar, etc. (the pc side uses a .vbs file to do the same thing.) It's like a popup, but this is from my app. Im not launching it from another web page.
I can do it with applescript and "System Events" :
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activate
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do JavaScript ("self.resizeTo(500,480);") in document 1
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keystroke "B" using {command down, shift down}
keystroke "/" using command down
keystroke "|" using command down
end tell
end tell
But this affects the entire Safari application so new windows opened by the user appear the same way. I need it to only affect the window that is opened. I tried some JS "toolbar=no" type commands but it did not have any effect. I must admit my JS and AS is very basic at this point so it could have been poor syntax..
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It's not what you want to hear, I'm afraid, but as far as I know there's no way to directly access placeholders other than the title and body in Keynote.
I did see mention of parsing XML to change values of individual items, but it might be overkill for what you want to achieve.
Perhaps if you explain what you are trying to do someone will come up with a helpful suggestion.

Can not add function to pages-document created with Applescript

If I create new document using the GUI (New document) I can place the cursor within any table-cell, type "=" (equal sign) and f.e. "2+2" which will result in a cell showing a "4".
If I create a document with Applescript, I can not add new functions (neither by typing = nor by using Insert >> Function (may be different, I have German version here). Already existing functions (which already were in the template) can still be used and work as expected but can not be altered.
Any idea?
I use Pages '08, Version 3.03
Code I used to create the document:
tell application "Pages"
launch
make new document at front with properties {template name:templateName}
# Angebotsnummer ins Dokument schreiben
tell body text of front document
make new paragraph at after paragraph 1 with data angebotsNr
set paragraph style of paragraph 2 to "Überschrift"
end tell
# Datei abspeichern
set dateiName to missing value
repeat until dateiName is not equal to missing value
set dateiName to text returned of (display dialog "Datei Name:" default answer angebotsNr & "_" & kundenName) as text
end repeat
save front document in angebotsOrdner & dateiName
end tell

I apologize but the given script can't run.
The variable templateName is undefined.
The variable angebotsNr is undefined too.
About the described behavior, it's a bug which I never discover before.
It's always striking in Pages '09.
Here is the report which I filed :
Bug ID# 8704270
Summary:
+Odd behavior of tables in Pages documents created by a script+
+Steps to Reproduce:+
+Run this huge script+
+tell application "Pages"+
+make new document at front with properties {template name:"Blank"} (* "Vierge" on French systems *)+
+end tell+
+Insert a table+
+try to insert a formula+
+Expected Results:+
+I assumed that I will get the formula editor which I get when the document is created by hand+
+Actual Results:+
+There is no way to get the editor, no way to insert the equal character.+
+This odd behavior strike in all versions of Pages '09 and Pages '08+
Regression:
+None to my knowledge+
Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) dimanche 28 novembre 2010 11:30:29

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I am trying trying to create a new calendar with Applescript in my iCloud account. I've tried using the following:
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but it creates it On My Mac. I've tried searching for a way to do this but can't find anything.

That seems to be possible with GUI Scripting:
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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.
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You need to generalize the problem to how do you detect an error in another application.
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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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Help with Applescript - filenames

Hi!
I hope there is someone who can help me. I have very little experience with Applescript, and have spent a couple of days scouring these forums amongst others without any luck...
I have a folder (titled XLS) with about 1000 excel files in it. They are numbered basen on some parametric calculations (1111.xls, 1112.xls, 1113.xls, etc). I have constructed an Automator rutine which, one at a time, can open each excel file, copy some cells and then paste the data into an empty xml-file in TextWrangler. The empty xml-file is also in the XLS folder.
What I am looking for is an applescript which can rename the open xml-file with the same filename as the xls-file. So, when 1111.xls is open, the xml-file gets renamed 1111-xml; when 1112.xls is open, the xml-file gets renamed 1112-xml, etc. Each new xlm-file is to be saved into a folder XLM, whivh is also in the XLS folder.
Thanks in advance....
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Se below; there are two folders on the desktop; "xls" (with xls-files in) and "xml", as well as the empty Template.xml file. Here it is!:
--3 XLS to XML
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open file theFile
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paste
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activate
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Creating a Save As dialog box with Applescript for Excel 2008

This is going to be part of a larger script. I'm trying to figure out how to make the default save location to where the file opened from and the default file name to the current filename in the dialog box.
Here is what I go so far...
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I'm very new with working with Applescript, so at this point I have been piecing together code snippets.
Any help would be great and thank you

The choose file name command supports a default location parameter that tells it where to open the dialog:
set myFile to choose file name with prompt "Save file as:" default location (alias "Macintosh HD:Users:username:foldername:")
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Kind regards,
Bertus Bolknak.

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delete PDF export preset "Schmidt PDF"
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thanks neil.
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