Hi,
I’ve been working on my first application with Apple Script. It’s a simple back up program for myself. Just an attempt to figure it all out.
I ran into this problem where i want to backup (copy) my folders and show a progress Indicator.
Here is a litte bit of the script. I’m dutch so that’s why you may see some words you don’t understand.
if PREFAPP = "true" then
-- Just setting the on screen messages right.
set contents of text field "progressStatus" to "Backuppen: Programma's"
set contents of text field "progressText" to "Grootes berekenen..."
update window of theObject
-- In this case i'd liketo backup my Applications folder.
-- First i want to know the data size.
set APPSIZE to do shell script "du -ks /Applications | awk '{print $1}'"
set maximum value of progress indicator "progressBar" to APPSIZE
set VALUE to 0
set contents of text field "progressStatus" to "Backuppen: Programma's"
-- Make the copy
do shell script "cp -r /Applications " & BACKUPLOCATION & ""
repeat
-- Check the data size of the destinationfolder
set VALUE to do shell script "du -ks " & BACKUPLOCATION & " | awk '{print $1}'"
set content of progress indicator "progressBar" to VALUE
set contents of text field "progressText" to "Bytes gekopieerd: " & VALUE & " van " & APPSIZE & ""
update window of theObject
if VALUE > APPSIZE then exit repeat
end repeat
else
set APPSIZE to 0
end if
Now when i do this the applescript is waiting until it already copied the applications folder.
And when done it fails into the repeat.
But i want it to copy while running the repeat.
Is there is statement that says "while doing this (copying) do that. "
Or is there another way?
Thanks in advance.
Jasper