Programming, Web Dev & Scripting

Background process to record time spent in an app

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:57:24 PDT

Posted by: kg2387
on: 04/25/13 05:57 AM

I want to track the length of time and time of day I spend in a certain app on my laptop (it's a writing app and I want to track how much time I spend writing).

I was thinking of writing a simple script that records whenever that particular app opens and closes and exports the data to a text file.

Does anyone know where I could get started writing this. I've done a little bit of bash scripting before, but not enough to know where to start. Or if you have any better ideas on how to record this data I'd love to hear them.

Thanks.

Audio Kext for Live Surround Sound Encoding

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:24:56 PST

Posted by: NucleusG4
on: 02/28/13 09:24 AM

Don't know.. it's what I read at Apple discussion forums.

Re-arrange a list of lists in AppleScript

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:43:51 PDT

Posted by: waggy-d
on: 04/12/12 12:43 PM

Ok, so I've got a task that I can't seem to figure out. Here is an example of the problem; please note that I don't need a solution to this specific data, but a solution to the type of data as the list may grow and change over time.

I have a list of lists:
{{"Company 1", "Email 1", "First 1", "Last 1", "Title 1", "Artist 1"}, {"Company 1", "Email 1", "First 1", "Last 1", "Title 2", "Artist 2"}, {"Company 2", "Email 2", "First 2", "Last 2", "Title 3", "Artist 3"}, {"Company 3", "Email 3", "First 3", "Last 3", "Title 4", "Artist 4"}, {"Company 4", "Email 4", "First 4", "Last 4", "Title 5", "Artist 5"}, {"Company 4", "Email 4", "First 4", "Last 4", "Title 6", "Artist 6"}, {"Company 4", "Email 4", "First 4", "Last 4", "Title 7", "Artist 7"}}

Here is the same list in grid format as it may make it easier to read: Each row represents a list within the list.

Company 1 Email 1 First 1 Last 1 Title 1 Artist 1
Company 1 Email 1 First 1 Last 1 Title 2 Artist 2
Company 2 Email 2 First 2 Last 2 Title 3 Artist 3
Company 3 Email 3 First 3 Last 3 Title 4 Artist 4
Company 4 Email 4 First 4 Last 4 Title 5 Artist 5
Company 4 Email 4 First 4 Last 4 Title 6 Artist 6
Company 4 Email 4 First 4 Last 4 Title 7 Artist 7

What I need is for it to be re-worked into a list of lists as such:
{{{"Company 1", "Email 1", "First 1", "Last 1"}, {{"Title 1", "Artist 1"}, {"Title 2", "Artist 2"}}}, {{"Company 2", "Email 2", "First 2", "Last 2"}, {{"Title 3", "Artist 3"}}}, {{"Company 3", 'Email 3", "First 3", "Last 3"}, {{"Title 4", "Artist 4"}}}, {{"Company 4", "Email 4", "First 4", "Last 4"}, {{"Title 5", "Artist 5"}, {"Title 6", "Artist 6"}, {"Title 7", "Artist 6"}}}

So each unique "Company" along with it's contact info would only be once and then along with it's associated song titles/artists.

Any help would really be appreciated as I just haven't been able to nail it down.

Thanks

SYSTEM PROFILE QUESTION

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:38:13 PDT

Posted by: MacBozo
on: 04/06/12 01:38 PM

Any bluetooth devices connected/paired? PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) may be a clue to just what that device could be.

Applescript Add Row to Table Microsoft Office

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:40:32 PDT

Posted by: waggy-d
on: 04/12/12 12:40 PM

Hello. Reboot. I actually figured it out from another post on apple discussions:

tell application "Microsoft Word"
select (last row of table 2 of active document)
insert rows selection position below number of rows 1
end tell

It worked like a charm. I was using Office 2007 for Mac

applescript excel and quicktime 7

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:20:09 PDT

Posted by: leicaman
on: 08/18/12 11:20 AM

Do you use Apple's editor? You might want to try a demo of Script Debugger from Latenightsoftware. It lets you actually look inside applications as they are running. It's how I've used Photoshop, FileMaker Pro and Numbers to do some, pretty amazing things with embedding metadata into photo files in large numbers automatically. I can't say enough good about Script Debugger. Expensive, but worth it to anyone who needs to do serious work with AppleScript. And they have education discounts!

(I'm not affiliated with Latenightsoftware.)

Need script to compress multiple PDFs

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:18:48 PST

Posted by: steveg
on: 11/14/11 03:18 AM

DOH! Never used Automator, and I already had the plugin installed. Worked perfectly and did the job in a couple of secs! 10-Q belly mooch.

Getting started with MAC development

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 08:55:47 PST

Posted by: BikerMac
on: 12/18/11 08:55 AM

Wow. A tall order. I am in the same position but have realized there is no simple code that will make all clear to a C# person. Assuming you already know Objective-C, you need to learn the Xcode IDE and learn how it handles delegates. That's my 2 cents. Also you'll probably feel a bit frustrated with Xcode compared to VS.

Applescript insert an image into a word table cell

Sun, 08 May 2011 16:20:21 PDT

Posted by: rshowdown
on: 05/08/11 04:20 PM

How is it done?

I have a cell that I wish to insert a picture from the HD int but I just can't seem to get it to work... I have no problem inserting the picture at the end of the document but not in the cell... thoughts?

Works:

Code:

make new inline picture at end of proposal with properties {file name:"Macintosh HD:Users:User:Misc:pict.jpg", save with document:true}

Does not work:

Code:

make new inline picture at (get cell from table proposalTable row 3 column 3) with properties {file name:"Macintosh HD:Users:User:Misc:pict.jpg", save with document:true}

thanks!
-J

Checking for file/folder exist with javascript

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:55:29 PST

Posted by: xcarguy
on: 02/22/11 07:55 AM

I'm trying to re-package Microsoft's office installer using Apple's packagemaker and I need to determine if Office 2008 or 2004 is already installed on the system before installing 2011. I'm using a result of java script as an installation requirement using system.files.fileExistsAtPath. This does not seem to work. No matter how I code the return boolean value it always fails. Does anyone have any tips on using this method as an installation requirement?