--
-- A simple launcher to display the VMware Library
--
-- 20101222 by fidel
--
try
    tell application "VMware Fusion"
        -- activate it if not running already
        activate
        -- keystroke to open VM Lib Window (Shift + Apple + L)
        tell application "System Events"
            keystroke "L" using {command down, shift down}
        end tell
    end tell
on error
    display dialog "Something weird happened dude" with title "error"
end try

--
-- get number of pages of a pdf document
--

-- opens a file-selection dialog
set f to quoted form of POSIX path of (choose file)

-- page-counting
set n to (do shell script "mdls -raw -name kMDItemNumberOfPages " & f) as integer

--
-- use do shell script & logger to write log entries
--

set exampleText to "some random example text"

-- using the logger cmd to write to log
do shell script "logger " & exampleText

--do shell script "logger 'foo'"

-- Additional Notes
-- Terminal:     man logger
-- logs:         check Console.app

--
-- ping-check with error handling
--

-- define target
set pingTarget to "192.168.1.1"

try
    --ping pingTarget
    set pingResult to (do shell script "/sbin/ping -c 1 " & pingTarget)
   
    -- if that was working - do something   
    display dialog "Your target " & pingTarget & " was pingable" buttons {"yeah"} with icon 1
   
on error errStatement number errNum
    -- ping was not successful
    display dialog "Your target " & pingTarget & " was not pingable" buttons {"damn"} with icon 0
    --errStatement contains ping result
    --errNum contains error code - see man ping
end try

--
-- get path to desktop
--

path to desktop
-- example: alias "MacOSX:Users:fidel:Desktop:"

-- differs if we are inside a finder-tell block
tell application "Finder"
    path to desktop folder
end tell
-- example: alias "MacOSX:Users:fidel:Desktop:"

--
-- open a choose folder dialog
--

-- a simple choose folder dialog
set selectedFolder to choose folder
-- as a result selectedFolder should contain an alias to the selected folder
-- example: alias "MacHDName:Path:To:Some:Random:Folder

-- some additional options

-- simple choose-folder dialog with custom string
set selectedFolder to choose folder with prompt "your personal string"

-- simple choose-folder dialog which displays hidden folders too
set selectedFolder to choose folder with invisibles

-- simple choose-folder dialog which allows multiple folder-selections at once
set selectedFolders to choose folder with multiple selections allowed

--
-- open a choose file dialog
--

-- a simple choose-file dialog
set selectedFile to choose file
-- as a result selectedFile should contain an alias to the selected file
-- example: alias "MacHDName:Path:To:Some:Random:Folder:filename.extension

-- some additional options

-- simple choose-file dialog with custom string
set selectedFile to choose file with prompt "your personal string"

-- simple choose-file dialog which displays hidden files too
set selectedFile to choose file with invisibles

-- simple choose-fileS dialog which allows multiple file-selections at once
set selectedFiles to choose file with multiple selections allowed

--
-- check for processes using System Events
--

tell application "System Events"
    -- check for specific process name
    set foo to count (every process whose name is "Safari")
   
    -- check for a String in all process-names
    set bar to count (every process whose name contains "System")
end tell

-- Warning:
--
-- Keep in mind that System Events has a pretty special (let's call it crapple'd)
-- list of processes which might differ from a simple ps in Terminal

--
-- Get username (long & short) via System Info
--

set systemInfo to system info

set usernameShort to short user name of systemInfo
set usernameLong to long user name of systemInfo

--
-- using System Events & keystroke-cmd to script-keystrokes
--
tell application "TextEdit"
    activate
    tell application "System Events" to keystroke "i can not type"
end tell