Mac Forum / Programming / Mac Programming / October 2006

Hello, everyone!

I'm a newbie to mac and I'm just learning applescript. I'm currently
writing a script to activate monitor duplication in system preferences,
launching front row, and then changing it back. The part I'm having
trouble with is getting the script to wait until front row exits until
it continues. Can anyone help?

This is how it looks:

tell application "Finder"
    open document file "Displays.prefPane" of folder "PreferencePanes" of
folder "Library" of folder "System" of startup disk
    delay 1.5
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        tell window "iMac"
            tell tab group 1
                click radio button "Uppställning"
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        tell window "iMac"
            tell tab group 1
                tell group 1
                    click checkbox "Skärmbildsdubblering"
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Events"
        tell application "Front Row" to activate
        key code 53 using {command down}
        delay 0.5
        key code 53
end tell

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DONT CONTINUE FURTHER UNTIL FRONT ROW EXISTS
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tell application "Finder"
    open document file "Displays.prefPane" of folder "PreferencePanes" of
folder "Library" of folder "System" of startup disk
    delay 1.5
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        tell window "iMac"
            tell tab group 1
                click radio button "Uppställning"
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell

tell application "System Events"
    tell process "System Preferences"
        tell window "iMac"
            tell tab group 1
                tell group 1
                    click checkbox "Skärmbildsdubblering"
                end tell
            end tell
        end tell
    end tell
end tell