How do you password protect an application using applescript?

Answer 1

for example, to password protect safari, copy this into applescript editor and change where it says --password--.

display dialog "Please enter password to access the internet." default answer "" buttons {"enter"} default button 1

set theResult to text returned of the result

if theResult is "--password--" then

display dialog "Thank you" buttons {"Continue to Internet"} default button 1

tell application "Safari" to activate

tell application "System Events"

tell process "Safari"

click menu item "New Window" of menu "File" of menu bar 1

end tell

end tell

else if theResult is not "--password--" then

beep 2

end if

end

end

hope it helps!