[Diggory Laycock]

Hi,

I've got a pretty simple script: here that uses an idle handler to check the status of the network connection.

I'd like to tweak it so that once the network is "good" again the applescript app automatically quits.

So far I have got this:

Code:
on idle
	try
		set curlScript to "curl www.apple.com"
		--	Uncomment the following line if you use a proxy server.
		--		set curlScript to "curl --proxy address_of_your_proxy_server:port www.apple.com"		
		do shell script curlScript
		tell application "iTunes"
			set oldVolume to sound volume
			set sound volume to (sound volume * 0.25)
			delay 1
			say "Your Network Connection is now available"
			delay 1
			set sound volume to oldVolume
			display dialog "Network Connection now available."
		end tell
		quit
	on error
		--		say "Network still down."
	end try
	return 120
end idle

Which sort of works - the applet will quit - but only once it has become the foremost app.

Does anyone know if this is how it's supposed to happen? Can I get it to quit in the background? I suppose I could get it to send an applescript to itself - telling it to quit - but that would require hard-coding the name of the applet into the script (not ideal.)

[BLAZE_MkIV]

Have you tried putting in a activate call in just before the quit. That should bring it to the front.

[Diggory Laycock]

Hmm - good point can't believe I forgot Activate!.

Alas same result - the app will only quit when there has been a click somewhere in the app (dock icon, menu bar)

Hmmm...

[BLAZE_MkIV]

try

end tell
quit
return 0

on error
....

[Diggory Laycock]

No difference - but don't worry - I've just realised that you don't have to click in the applet - keyboard activity / or a mouse click in any app will work.

It's a bit odd - that it waits for input before quitting - but it does quit - so the worst thing that can happen is for there to be a delay before quitting - but that only happens if there's no-one using the computer.