>>Hi,
>> I have just been trying to set up email notification of
>>backup scripts using the supplied AppleScript for Eudora. I have
>>set up Eudora so that it can only be started from a settings file.
>>However when I launch the AppleScript and it asks for the location
>>of Eudora I cannot select a settings file, only the application
>>itself. If I select the application then when Eudora launches it
>>brings up a dialog asking the user to locate a settings
>>file...(causing Retrospect to hang, waiting for Eudora I presume).
>>
>>Any ideas of how to get around this situation?
>
>Changing the script to something like this should get around the
>problem. (Note, this only gives the idea and is not valid
>AppleScript.)
>
>-- Launch Eudora using a settings files
>tell application "finder" to open EudoraSettingsFile
>
>-- Now that Eudora is running, ask it to do something
>tell application "Eudora"
> blah
> end tell
>--
>John Gee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Dunedin, New Zealand Programmers live in interesting times...
>
Thanks John,
Yes, I managed to work out something like that. I have never really
used AppleScript before but I managed to get it to launch the
settings file and then bring Retrospect back to the front before the
rest of the script runs.
Adrian
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