Hello Mark,
Thank you very much for your code.
I ended with the following code:
property file_1 : ""
property runtime : 0
property firsttime : "yes" -- I added this line
on idle
if runtime < (current date) - 5 * minutes then
set file_1 to ""
quit
end if
return 1
end idle
on open (droppedItemsList)
set runtime to current date
if (number of droppedItemsList) ≥ 3 then
display dialog "This droplet accepts two files."
return quit -- I added "quit" here; the script quits immediately after this dialogue
else if (number of droppedItemsList) = 1 then
if firsttime = "yes" then -- I added this "if... end if" for another dialogue
display dialog "Please drop another file..."
set firsttime to "no"
end if
if file_1 = "" then
set file_1 to first item of (droppedItemsList)
set file_1 to POSIX path of file_1
return
else
set file_2 to first item of (droppedItemsList)
set file_2 to POSIX path of file_2
end if
else if (number of droppedItemsList) = 2 then
set file_1 to first item of (droppedItemsList)
set file_1 to POSIX path of file_1
set file_2 to second item of (droppedItemsList)
set file_2 to POSIX path of file_2
end if
if file_1 = file_2 then
display dialog "You have chosen the same file. Quitting..."
return
end if
display dialog file_1 & return & " compared with " & return & file_2
set file_1 to ""
set firsttime to "yes" -- I added this line to restore the value of "firsttime"
quit
end open
One thing that I don't understand well in this is the meaning and the use of "quit". Could you please explain this?
Thank you very much in advance.
Best regard,
Nobumi Iyanaga
Tokyo,
Japan