On 3 Feb 2006, at 17:13, John A.M. Darnell wrote:

> The code that mounts, however, has a definite beginnning and end. I
> would like to toss up a dialog just before initiating the process, and
> then remove the dialog after the process is complete.  Is there any  
> way to
> do something likek that?

You could consider using Growl as a notification tool - very easy to  
use from AppleScript or elsewhere. I use it for email and other  
stuff, so once installed you find other uses for it.