Mac 10.10 Mac Yosemite - Parallels Desktop OS Chooser Login Items Script

mac_yosemite_windows_startup_choice.scpt

-- From Mac ScriptEditor, export as "Application" and add to startup items 

set os_mac to "Mac"
set os_windows to "Windows 7"

set os_choice to os_mac
set os_windows_image to POSIX file "/Users/Shared/Parallels/Windows 7.pvm"
set log_file to "/log.txt"



activate
logMessage("Paralles Desktop chooser activating")


on promptOsChoice()
	
	global os_mac, os_windows, os_choice
	
	tell me to activate
	
	set os_prompt to display dialog "Welcome!" & return & return & "On this computer, you can choose to use either Mac or Windows." & return & return & "Please choose an operating system." with icon alias ((path to me) & "::" & "uw_logo.icns" as string) buttons {os_mac, os_windows} default button 1 giving up after 30
	
	set no_response to (gave up of os_prompt)
	set os_choice to button returned of os_prompt
	
	if (no_response is not true) and (os_choice is equal to os_windows) then launchWindows()
	
	
end promptOsChoice



on launchWindows()
	
	global os_choice, os_windows, os_windows_image
	
	do shell script "sleep 2s"
	tell application "Finder"
		open os_windows_image
		
	end tell
	
	restartWhenClosed()
	
end launchWindows




on restartWhenClosed()
	
	-- Reboot if Parallels is not running 
	-- Set Parallels Desktop preferences to close on shutdown 
	
	global os_windows
	
	repeat
		-- delay here so Windows may start 
		do shell script "sleep 12s"
		
		tell application "System Events"
			if (exists of application process os_windows) is false then
				
				restart
				return
				
			end if
		end tell
		
	end repeat
end restartWhenClosed




on logMessage(message, clear_log)
	
	global log_file
	
	if (clear_log is not false) then do shell script "echo '' > " & log_file & ""
	
	set log_message to date string of (current date) & "|" & time string of (current date) & "|" & message
	do shell script "echo '" & log_message & " ' >> " & log_file & ""
	
	
end logMessage




-- Prompt for OS Choice and launch Parallels Desktop Windows  
promptOsChoice()