I’ve searched numerous forums, logged countless hours trying to figure out mac scripting, and I just can’t do it.
What I’m looking for is a script that after I launch, say, iChat, my computer will say “Hello Sir. May I offer you a beverage?” Or, upon opening Safari, it says “Let’s take a gander, shall we?”
I know I’ve gotta use “tell ichat” and "Say ‘Hello Sir,…’ ", but I have no idea what order or what scripts I’ve gotta use.
Help is very much appreciated, so thanks!
I don’t know if that’s what you’re looking for but a workaround would be to save this script as an application (check run-only box but don’t check other 2 boxes):
set volume 7
tell application “Safari”
activate
say “Let’s take a gander, shall we?” using “Victoria”
end tell
Hope this helps
That seems to work in the script editor…but where do I put the save file?
It wasn’t working after I saved it into either Script library…
Once the script is saved as a run-only application, you can select it’s icon, do a get info and paste Safari’s (or ichat) icon in the icon field. Then put the script in your application folder, drag it to the dock and use it each time you want to use Safari instead of using the real Safari. Also remove Safari from your dock.
Just to ward off possible confusion, saving a script as run-only just makes the script uneditable in future (and unreadable by others).
There is no other need (or use) to save a script (or script application) as run-only.
Peter B.