Wake up script

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#1

When i run this as a stay open application it says: “The variable TimeEntered is not defined.”


display dialog "What time shall i wake you up?" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK"
copy result as list to {TimeEntered, Buttonpressed}
set WakeUpTime to TimeEntered * 60 * 60

on idle
	
	set SchoolDays to {Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday}
	if SchoolDays contains ((current date)'s weekday) and ((current date)'s time = WakeUpTime) then
		tell application "iTunes" to play track 1 of playlist "Top 25 Most Played"
	end if
	return 1
end idle

But i thought it is defined, it’s the time you enter…

#2

Hi,

the problem is, you have two scopes (the implicit run handler and the idle handler)
so the variable WakeUpTime can’t be seen in the idle handler.
You must either define a property like

property WakeUpTime : 0

or declare the variable as global.
I would also coerce TimeEntered to integer, because display dialog returns class text

set WakeUpTime to (TimeEntered as integer) * hours -- hours is the constant 3600

btw: executing the idle handler every second for 5 times a week is an enormous waste of resources.
I recommend to set the interval to 60 or, much better, install a launchd agent which doesn’t consume any resources

#3

Thank you very much that worked, but where can i install a launched agent?

#4

This article discusses some of the basics of using launchd and AppleScript, and has some good links to other launchd resources.

Although launchd was introduced with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), it really works most reliably on an Intel machine running 10.5 (Leopard).

Post back if you have any further questions.