Re: problem with use of timeout property of Finder in applescript

FROM : Matt Neuburg
DATE : Tue Aug 01 17:24:12 2006

On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:09:14 +0530, "Amit Jain" <<email_removed>>
said:
>Hi all,
>I have used the following code and used the time out property of
>finder in applescript:
>with timeout of 10 seconds
> try
>  tell application "Finder"
>  mount volume "smb://username:<email_removed>/sharedFolderName"
>  end tell
> on error
>  display dialog "could not connect to server"
> end try
>
>end timeout
>
>it works successfully and if in 10 secs does not find any server with
>above ipAddress it displays the above dialogue.
>But the Finder still searches for the ipAddress and after some a long
>duration(in minutes)  it gives an error on console"mount_smbfs:
>negotiate phase failed: syserr = Operation timed out".
>Then I am not able to understand that what is the use of above
>applescript if still the Finder continues its process in background?


That *is* the use of above applescript. The "with timeout" means that your
script stops waiting after 10 seconds; it does not, and should not, also
tell the Finder to stop working. See pp. 295-6 of my book, and please take
questions of this sort elsewhere (e.g. the AppleScript-Users list). m.

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