AppleScript applications with Xcode 3.2.2

Xcode 3.2.2 on Snow Leopard does not support building new AppleScript applications anymore. It does allow you to edit pre-builded AppleScript projects, but you need to enable the AppleScript Studio palette in Xcode, which is hidden... I've build an installer package that will take care of it all and restore this feature in Xcode 3.2.2.

What it does is to automatically install "AppleScript Application", "AppleScript Automator Action" and "AppleScript Droplet" new project templates to "/Developer/Library/Xcode/Project Templates/Application/". This package will also automatically enable the hidden AppleScript Studio palette with the following command:

defaults write com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3 IBEnableAppleScriptStudioSupport -bool YES

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Quick Start AppleScript Application Guide:

Open Xcode and click "Create a new Xcode project". You will be presented with the following screen:

On the right, click on "AppleScript Application" and then the "Choose" button. Give your project a name and click "Save". You will be presented with the following screen.

Double click the MainMenu.xib file for the Interface Builder App to open up. In the Library pane, as shown below, type "button" in the search area. All button options will be shown:

Drag your button to the blank Window UI that you are designing:

We now need to link the button to our scripting code. Single click on the button and go to the Inspector AppleScript tab as shown below. Make the changes where marked in red.

In the Interface Builder main menu, click File and then Save. Close Interface Builder. You will now be back at the following screen:

Single click on yourProject.applescript to reveal the code. Add your code to the area where it says "(Add your script here.*)". Then lastly click the "Build and Run" button. You will now have an App that will do what the code tells it to do when the button is clicked.

Linksys WRT54GL, DD-WRT persistant PPPOE

A script I've put together to make my DSL PPPOE dialup persistant. First open the DD-WRT web interface, set WAN to PPPOE and configure a dummy username and password. Then go to Administration, Commands and paste the following script. Change your DSL username and password and save it, Startup Script.

#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:$PATH

#ISP
USER=myispusername
PASS=myisppassword
#OTHER SETTINGS
INTRFACE=nic-vlan1
TIMEOUT=120

setdefaultroute () {
echo ...applying default route
route del default
route del default
route del default
route add default ppp0
}

connect () {
gpio disable 3; sleep 1
pppd plugin /usr/lib/rp-pppoe.so $INTRFACE noipdefault noauth nodefaultroute noaccomp noccp nobsdcomp nodeflate nopcomp novj novjccomp nomppe nomppc usepeerdns user $1 password $2 default-asyncmap mtu 1492 mru 1492 persist lcp-echo-interval 60 lcp-echo-failure 10 maxfail 0 unit $3
gpio enable 3; sleep 1
}

connlinkppp () {
while true
  do
    if [ `ip link show dev ppp0 |grep ppp0 |awk '{ print $2 }'` == "ppp0:" ]
      then
        echo ...ppp link is up
        break
      else
        echo ...waiting for ppp to connect
        gpio disable 3; sleep 1
        gpio enable 3; sleep 1
    fi
done
}

echo Starting link checking procedure... Please wait...
sleep 40

while true
  do
    if [ `ip link show dev ppp0 |grep ppp0 |awk '{ print $2 }'` == "ppp0:" ]
      then
         echo ...ppp link is up
      else
         connect $USER $PASS 0
         connlinkppp
         sleep 10
         setdefaultroute
    fi 

    if [ `ip link show dev ppp1 |grep ppp1 |awk '{ print $2 }'` == "ppp1:" ]
      then
         echo ...Resetting all ppp connections
         killall redial
         killall pppd
      else
         echo all ppp connections seems good
    fi
   echo returning to main loop...
   sleep $TIMEOUT
done

Reboot the router!