On 3/23/07 at 2:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Cantrell) wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2007 at 05:55:18PM -0400, Sherm Pendley wrote:
> > On Mar 22, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Andrew Brosnan wrote:
> > > I'd like to run a daily backup script on my laptop, but I'd like
> > > it to ask permission first. I'm wondering what is the best way
> > > to do this.
> > First off - can you always depend on a user being logged in? If
> > so, the simplest ideas tend to be the best. For a full-blown GUI
> > app I'd use CamelBones, but for a simple OK/Cancel dialog the
> > old MacPerl module is still the easiest:
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > use MacPerl;
> > my $verify = MacPerl::Answer('Do you want to run backups?', 'OK',
> > 'Cancel');
> > print $verify, "\n";
>
> Consider what happens if I'm busily typing away, and the dialogue box
> pops up and grabs focus, and then whatever its default is gets
> selected because i hit space or enter. So not only have you annoyed
> me by popping something up and then removing it before I get a
> chance to read it, you'll now take an action without the user
> knowing about it but on the assumption that he does, *and* you've
> eaten an arbitrary amount of what I typed, which I'll have to type
> again.
>
> Needless to say, this is a Very Bad Idea.
I think that was meant as a rudimentary example, at least that's how I
took it. I appreciated the info. <shrug>
Andrew
