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AppleScript Language Guide
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If a stay-open script application includes an Idle handler, AppleScript sends the script application periodic Idle commands whenever it's not responding to incoming events. The statements in the handler run periodically (every 30 seconds, by default).
For example, the following handler causes a stay-open script application to beep every 30 seconds after it has been launched.
on idle
beep
end idle
To change the rate, return the number of seconds to wait as the result of the idle handler. For example, the following script beeps every 5 seconds.
on idle
beep
return 5
end idle
If an Idle handler returns a positive number, that number becomes the rate (in seconds) at which the handler is called. If the handler returns a non-numeric value, the rate is not changed.
Remember that the result returned from a handler is just the result of the last statement, even if it doesn't include the word return explicitly. For example, this handler only gets called every 15 minutes.:
on idle
set x to 30
beep
set x to x * x -- The handler returns the result (900).
end idle
To make sure you're not changing the idle rate, return 0 at the end of the handler.