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Is there a way to script the OK button always? Want the answer to be OK all the time? Would also be OK to have a dialog come up that had no buttons and would go away after a delay.
I am looking to run this as part of a longer script to remind me that the script is about to run in 45 seconds
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "Shutdown 45 seconds"
delay 10
end tell
Thanks
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), late 2009
Add: buttons {"OK"}
to highlight OK add: default button 1
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "Shutdown 45 seconds" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
delay 10
end tell
Add: buttons {"OK"}
to highlight OK add: default button 1
tell application "Finder"
display dialog "Shutdown 45 seconds" buttons {"OK"} default button 1
delay 10
end tell
try
display dialog "Shutdown in 45 seconds" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} ¬
default button 2 giving up after 15
delay 10
on error errmsgnumbererrnbr
-- Quit if user pressed cancel
if errnbr = -128 then
return
else
display alert "Something has bombed." & return & ¬
"[ " & errnbr & " ]: " & errmsg ¬
aswarning ¬
buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button ¬
"OK" giving up after 15
end if
end try
The various dialogs and alerts are part of StandardAdditions - no need to get the Finder involved. Using an alert will give you a single OK button that is the default, and the dialogs and alerts have a giving up parameter that will dismiss them after the specified time:
display alert "Shutdown Warning" message "Shutdown will begin in 45 seconds" giving up after 10
delay 35 -- adjust as needed if button is pressed
# proceed with rest of scriptOr use a Notification:
display notification with title "Shutdown Warning" subtitle "Shutdown in 45 seconds" sound name "bell"
Many thanks, seems to do the job and then some.
Apple scripting the OK button