OmniOutliner and controlling user interaction in AppleScript

[Thomas Ingham]

Shouldn't this sort of thing be wrapped in a try block? I mean, 
historically?

tell app "Me"
try
	open aliasFile
on error msg num
	--handle the error
end try
end tell

-thomas

On May 11, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Michael Terry wrote:

>
> On May 10, 2004, at 8:33 PM, Michael Terry wrote:
>
>>> Any of the scripters out know much about / have opinions about 
>>> controlling the user interaction level (which indicates whether or 
>>> not the application should attempt any interaction with the user)? 
>>> As best as I can tell, AppleScript still doesn't have standard 
>>> support for changing the user interaction level, and I'm trying to 
>>> confirm this, and see what support scripters think is important.
>>
>> Yes, I think you're right. The topic doesn't come up much. In 
>> general, applications just eliminate user interaction when executing 
>> script commands. For example, when you empty the trash via 
>> Finder->Empty Trash…, a dialog pops up asking you if you really want 
>> to do that. If you empty the trash via script, no dialog is 
>> presented.
>>
>
> I don't script Photoshop, but I noticed this line in someone else's 
> script yesterday:
>
> open thisFile showing dialogs never
>
> Of course, that doesn't suggest anything about telling how the 'open' 
> event was initiated, and I don't know if PS distinguishes error cases 
> when opening documents. That's just an example of a possible interface 
> for scripters to suppress user interaction.
>
>
> Mike
>
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