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<\/a><\/p>\nThere’s a nice utility by the name of BigHonkingText that comes pretty close to this, but you must execute it via the command line, and has a few small differences from Address Book in its implementation<\/p>\n
Since I was hoping for an all AppleScript solution and was trying to get as close a match as possible, I’ve cooked up an app of my own for this.<\/p>\n
Called Gooey Gadgets, it is a faceless “helper” applcation that has the following commands:<\/p>\n
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- The\u00a0screen<\/strong> coordinates are an optional value that you can use to make sure the message displays on the same screen as your other script or Filemaker windows. However they are in the coordinate system that Cocoa uses, which has the inverse Y-axis from what Filemaker uses for Get (WindowTop).<\/li>\n
- The\u00a0giving up after<\/strong> parameter works the same way as Applescript’s\u00a0Display Dialog<\/strong> command, allowing you to set a maximum time for the window to display (the user may click on the window to dismiss it before then).<\/li>\n
- The\u00a0transparency<\/strong> parameter is not yet implemented, so its value is ignored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
An example of its usage looks like this:<\/div>\n\n
tell<\/strong> application<\/em> id\u00a0“com.sibr.gooeygadgets”\u00a0— could’ve also used app name instead<\/div>\nset<\/strong> x\u00a0to<\/strong> display message window<\/strong> “big message”<\/div>\ndelay<\/strong> 4<\/div>\ndismiss window<\/strong> x\u00a0— Gooey Gadgets will now quit if this is the last open window<\/div>\nend tell<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
I have also included command line support, and the options look like this:<\/div>\nGooey Gadgets.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Gooey Gadgets -cmd messagewindow [-giveup seconds] [-screenx num] [-screeny num]\u00a0message<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p>\n
The path used is an artifact of the fact that the command line must execute the actual application binary, not the application’s package folder. So if the application is at \/_Projects, a command line example would be:<\/div>\n\n
\/_Projects\/Gooey\\ Gadgets\/build\/Release\/Gooey\\ Gadgets.app\/Contents\/MacOS\/Gooey\\ Gadgets -cmd messagewindow -giveup 2 \"(510) 835-4483\"<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nDownload the most recent version at:<\/p>\n
- The\u00a0giving up after<\/strong> parameter works the same way as Applescript’s\u00a0Display Dialog<\/strong> command, allowing you to set a maximum time for the window to display (the user may click on the window to dismiss it before then).<\/li>\n