[Mac 4.0.2] Show/Hide Hidden Characters

Question

Hello,
Is it possible for my plugin to get notified when the end-user is switching Show/Hide Hidden Characters from InDesign's Type menu? And if the answer was YES then how could we do that would be the next question . . .
Any pointer or direction to have this event watcher implemented smoothly would be very much appreciated indeed.
Best regards
Patrick Perroud

Answer 1

Hi John,
I modified my script and now I am getting error when I run it first time and when I run it again then it run fine.
set the date_stamp to ((the current date) as string)
tell application "Finder" to quit
set OnOff to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles" 
if OnOff = "NO" or OnOff = "OFF" then
  set OnOff to "ON"
  tell application "Finder"
  display dialog "Show all hidden files in this Mac ?" & return & return & date_stamp buttons {"Show Hidden Files", "Cancel"} default button 2 with title "/MSN/" with icon 1
  end tell
else
  set OnOff to "OFF"
  tell application "Finder"
  display dialog "Hide all hidden files in this Mac ?" & return & return & date_stamp buttons {"Hide Hidden Files", "Cancel"} default button 2 with title "/MSN/" with icon 1
  end tell
end if
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles " & OnOff
delay 1 
tell application "Finder" to launch