Does anyone know applescript?

[gesteves]

I'm trying to write a script that wakes up my display (the computer itself is not asleep, just the display). Googling around I found this one:

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "Finder"
		keystroke space
	end tell
end tell

Which does the job pretty well, except when I'm actually using the computer. In that case, that spacebar keystroke can be very annoying, i.e., if the script activates while I'm reading something in safari, the keypress makes safari scroll a full page. If I'm writing something and I have a lot of text selected and the script activates... then whatever I had selected is replaced by a space.

So what I'm asking is: is there a better way to do this?

[Ask The Geezer]

Did you ask in the Mac forum?

http://www.flashkit.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=47

[Mac8myPC]

i'm not quite following... you want a keystroke that makes the display not go to sleep?

why not just set it up that way in your energy saver prefs?

[gesteves]

Aw, crap. I forgot we had a mac forum... I guess I'll just wait until a mod moves this thread for me, I don't want to start a duplicate.

[gesteves]

i'm not quite following... you want a keystroke that makes the display not go to sleep?

why not just set it up that way in your energy saver prefs?

No no, I want it to go to sleep. I just want it to wake up on an Adium event. I have an Adium event that runs the applescript when someone starts an IM conversation with me. That way, instead of having Adium making noises at 2 am, it'll just light up the display.

That applescript just simulates pressing the spacebar, which is enough to wake the display up, but it's pretty annoying if it happens while I'm using the computer.

[Ask The Geezer]

Gerbs probably knows.

[gesteves]

Obviously. He is the law, after all.

[Mac8myPC]

this might help

http://forums.macosxhints.com/archiv...p/t-12048.html

i found this command on the page

tell application "Finder" to activate

give that a shot.

[gesteves]

It worked! Thanks a lot!