[Pythonmac-SIG] Using Finder to open app by id

[Charles Miller]

That is certainly an option, but I'm trying to script everything from  
Python and so having to popen a call to ssh to login and start preview  
is pretty heavy compared to sending a simple applescript event.

Charlie


On Aug 22, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Sean DiZazzo wrote:

> Why not just ssh in and run "open /Applications/Preview.app" ?
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Charles Miller <cmiller at securityevaluators.com 
> > wrote:
> Thanks for the thought.  Unfortunately, the same thing happens with  
> TextEdit, for example.  (BTW, you can make Preview AppleScriptable  
> by following directions here http://www.macworld.com/article/53391/2006/10/previewscript.html)
>
> The AppleScript Language Guide states that one of the four  
> requirements for doing remote applescript is "If the specified  
> remote application is not running, you must run it."
>
> Charlie
>
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>
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> I'm wondering if the above error occurs because Preview is not  
> AppleScriptable.
>
> Henry
>
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