AppleScript can be really dirty sometimes
Easy to understand but hard to keep clean. For example:
I do like this function I wrote though. I have yet to see someone do the same in AppleScript.
It stops the progress bar when MEncoder stops encoding. Since AppleScript is single-threaded there's no easy why to run a shell script and show a progress bar at the same time.
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set enabled of text field "dimenHeight_Textbox" of view "dimenCustom_Inset" of view "dimenUI_Inset" of view "windowVideo_Inset" of tab view "windowMain_Inset" of window "windowMain" to falseThis one line disables one text box in the interface. I don't know how to do the same in Cocoa but I know it's easier than this.
I do like this function I wrote though. I have yet to see someone do the same in AppleScript.
on windowConvert_ProgressBarStopFunction()
set a to do shell script "ps ux | awk '/mencoder/ && !/awk/ {print $2}' &"
set b to a
repeat
if b is equal to a then
set a to do shell script "ps ux | awk '/mencoder/ && !/awk/ {print $2}' &"
else
stop progress indicator "windowConvert_ProgressBar" of window "windowMain"
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end windowConvert_ProgressBarStopFunction
It stops the progress bar when MEncoder stops encoding. Since AppleScript is single-threaded there's no easy why to run a shell script and show a progress bar at the same time.
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