elections_viewer.scpt

elections_viewer.scpt

on appIsRunning(appName)
	tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end appIsRunning

on killAppRunning(appName)
	try
		tell application "System Events"
			set pid to unix id of process (appName) as Unicode text
			do shell script "kill " & pid
		end tell
	end try
end killAppRunning

set the_app to "elections_viewer"
set the_state to ""
set should_refresh to false

repeat while (true)
	delay 1
	if should_refresh then
		tell application the_app to activate
		set should_refresh to false
	end if
	if not appIsRunning(the_app) then
		tell application the_app to activate
	end if
	set v to ""
	try
		tell application the_app to set v to version
	end try
	if v is "" then
		killAppRunning(the_app)
	end if
	tell application "System Events"
		try
			set pid to unix id of process (the_app) as Unicode text
			set the_state to paragraph 2 of (do shell script "ps -p " & quoted form of pid & " | awk '{ print $3 }'")
		end try
	end tell
	if the_state = "Z" then
		killAppRunning(the_app)
		set should_refresh to true
	end if
end repeat