Inside Macintosh: AppleScript Finder Guide /

Chapter 2 - Finder Objects / Object Class Definitions

Accessory Process

An object of class Accessory Process is a process launched from a desk accessory file.

PROPERTIES

An accessory process has all the properties defined for object class Process on page 76: Creator Type, File, File Type, Frontmost, Name, Partition Size, Partition Space Used, Remote Events, Scriptable, and Visible.

An accessory process also has this property:

desk accessory file

The desk accessory file from which this accessory process was launched.
Class: Reference
Modifiable: No

ELEMENT CLASSES

None

COMMANDS HANDLED

Count, Data Size, Exists, Get, Sort

DEFAULT VALUE CLASS RETURNED

A reference or (if you use the plural form accessory processes) a list of references of the form

application "AccessoryProcessName"

where AccessoryProcessName is the name of an accessory process as it appears in the Applications menu.

EXAMPLE

This script returns a list of references to the accessory processes that are currently running:

tell application "Finder"   every accessory process
end tell 

--result: {application "Alarm Clock", application 
"Calculator", application "Notepad"}