I am trying to figure out a way to get a dialog box to notify users of
the the fact that software updates have been installed and they need
to reboot their machine. All of the scripts etc I have tried error
out with a time out message or an AppleEvent Time Out and usually the
dialog disappears when this happens. This is not acceptable because
then the user may not see it if they are out to lunch etc and then we
get calls about their computer acting strange.
Ideally I would like to deploy an application to the users machine
with the sole purpose of popping up on their dock and having a dialog
and telling them to restart. I have tried to do this with the
included scripts and the window stays up, but eventually a second
window appears saying AppleEvent Timed Out. This looks buggy for the
user perspective and also, once this happens the restart button on the
dialog box does nothing. Also, while the dialog box is up, Finder is
hosed and unusable.
The idea is with software update run a script that tells the pre-
installed app to open and that is all the casper script does, then the
program opens and stays open indefinitely. any help or suggestions
would be appreciated. Also, if this could be quickly coded with cocoa
so that it is not relying on Apple Script that would be awesome.
Thanks so much.
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griffin stewart | technology solutions administrator
north point ministries|678.892.5857
computer.help at northpoint.org
art.northpoint.org
