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

FROM : Amit Jain
DATE : Tue Aug 01 17:51:03 2006

Thanks Matt for taking interest on my query...
But I am unable to access the page which u have reffered.
Can u please give me a solution for stopping finder to search for IPAddress
after a particular time???

On 8/1/06, Matt Neuburg <<email_removed>> wrote:
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> 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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