Can anyone tell me how i can

[macs4eva]

Hello since i know enough to make a simple and original application. I thought i should try. I just have one small pothole though. I know how to get all the running applications i just cant figure out how to put all the running applications names into a dropdown menu. Can someone help me with this?

Thanks,
M4E (Macs4Eva)

[jonn8]

This code will do what you want (update the element names as necessary):

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

tell application “System Events” to set running_apps to name of processes
tell menu of popup button “applications” of window “main”
try
delete menu items
end try
repeat with this_app in running_apps
make new menu item at end with properties {titlecontents of this_app)}
end repeat
end tell

In the future, when posting, it would be helpful if your subject line was more specific to your problem.

Jon

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[macs4eva]

The script doesnt work. DId you mean put it in xcod (pproject builder) or script editor. I never know how to start posts. It really bugs me. Ill be more specific.

Thanks,
M4E(Macs4eva

[jonn8]

M4E, the code does work. You posted to the AppleScript Studio forum and said you knew how to make an application so I posted code to be used in an AppleScript Studio application (in either Xcode or Project Builder). I assumed you understood that this snippet needed to be included in a handler such as an “on will finish launching”, “on launched”, or “on awake from nib” or attached to a button via an “on clicked” handler. If you just wanted this in a regular AppleScript, you’d just write (in the Script Editor):

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

tell application “System Events” to set running_apps to name of processes
set the_app to (choose from list running_apps)

Sometimes the way people write posts on this board really irks me. You could have written, “I can’t get this code to work, where do I put it?” instead of the way you posted it suggesting that the code itself was faulty. You ask for help, you get it, then you malign the help. I don’t understand that.

Jon

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[macs4eva]

I didnt mean it like that john . Sorry if it made you irritated. But thanks for the help.

Thanks,
M4E (Macs4eva)
(Why dont i ad this to my signature?) :? :rolleyes: :idea: