Beginning Mac OS® X Programming

A.12. Chapter 12

A.12.1. Exercise 1 solution

Insert the following handler code into the slide show script:

on prompt_for_slide_duration()
    set slide_duration to 0
    repeat while slide_duration is 0
        try
            display dialog ¬
                "How many seconds should each slide in the " & ¬
                "slideshow be displayed?" ¬
                buttons {"OK"} default answer 2 default button 1
            set dialog_result to result
            set slide_duration to (text returned of dialog_result) as real
            if slide_duration    0 then error "Enter a positive number"
        on error msg
            display_error_message(msg)
            set slide_duration to 0
        end try
    end repeat
    return slide_duration
end prompt_for_slide_duration

This handler is very similar to others in the script that prompt the user for input. A dialog is displayed requesting the user to enter the number of seconds per slide in the show. The value entered must be a number greater than zero; otherwise an error will arise, and the user will be prompted again.

To complete the exercise, modify the run handler to call the prompt_for_slide_duration handler, and pass the result to the create_image_sequence_from_folder handler.

on run
    try
        copy Photo_Archive to photo_arch
        set photo_arch's archive_folder_name to "Test Photo Archive"
        tell photo_arch to setup_archive_folder()

set num_photos to prompt_for_number_of_photos_in_show() set slide_duration to prompt_for_slide_duration() set the_album to prompt_for_album_choice() add_photos_from_album given Photo_Archive:photo_arch, ¬ album:the_album, number_of_photos:num_photos create_image_sequence_from_folder(photo_arch's ...