What am I missing in this script?

Question

Hello
I am quite new to applescript and I am trying to develop an applescript for use with a filemaker database that I have been tasked to upgrade with new functionality. While learning how to do certain things I stumbled across the following:
I create this script and run it...
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*set myConnectionString to "afp://MyAccountName:[email protected]/Our_Files/Analytical Results/"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if not (exists mountedFolder) then*
*mount volume myConnectionString*
*end if*
*end tell*
Works as expected. Mounts the server giving access to the desired folder. Now I run this next script...
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if exists folder mountedFolder then*
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" IS mounted!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
else
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" is NOT mounted. Please reconnect." buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
*end if*
*end tell*
Works as expected and tells me that the desired folder is accessible.
But now I put both bits of code in the same applescript and run it, as so...
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*set myConnectionString to "afp://MyAccountName:[email protected]/Our_Files/Analytical Results/"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if not (exists mountedFolder) then*
*mount volume myConnectionString*
*end if*
*if exists folder mountedFolder then*
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" IS mounted!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
else
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" is NOT mounted. Please reconnect." buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
*end if*
*end tell*
...and I see the server briefly mount, then dismount, then the script blithely informs me that there is no access, of course. What am I missing in all of this? I had thought that perhaps it was an issue of needing to delay the next check and created a delay mechanism right after the mount statement but no matter how much time I give it it fails to mount and/or stay mounted. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Matt

Answer 1

Hi.
I'm not sure if the following will make any difference as I don't have a server handy to experiment with, but you might like to try them to see if it helps.
1. You mentioned that running one script and then the other gave the hoped-for results, but the combined version did not. Rather than omitting the "end tell" from the end of the first script and omitting the "set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:" " and the "tell application "Finder" " from the start of the second script when combining the two scripts (what you did seems logical - combining two Finder tell blocks into one), have you tried simply pasting the second script (in its entirety) after the first (also complete) so that the combined script now looks like the following? My idea is that it runs one then runs the other, without changing any code.
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*set myConnectionString to "afp://MyAccountName:[email protected]/Our_Files/Analytical Results/"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if not (exists mountedFolder) then*
*mount volume myConnectionString*
*end if*
*end tell*
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if exists folder mountedFolder then*
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" IS mounted!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
else
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" is NOT mounted. Please reconnect." buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
*end if*
*end tell*
2. Another thing to try is the following slight modification to your original combined script - you could try it with and without the "else".
*set mountedFolder to "Our_Files:Analytical Results:"*
*set myConnectionString to "afp://MyAccountName:[email protected]/Our_Files/Analytical Results/"*
*tell application "Finder"*
*if not (exists mountedFolder) then*
*mount volume myConnectionString*
else
*if exists folder mountedFolder then*
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" IS mounted!" buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
else
*display dialog "The volume \"" & mountedFolder & "\" is NOT mounted. Please reconnect." buttons {"OK"} default button 1*
*end if*
*end if*
*end tell*
I don't know if either of these suggestions will help, but I basically learn by adapting and expanding existing scripts and trying things various ways until I get the result which I want. Good luck.