Notify Users with a dialog (macOS)

Description

The provided Fileset is an example of notifying users, in particular here, a message regarding Fileset status when downloading and installing new Filesets.

 The Fileset is designed to:

The service has been built to be actioned automatically by the user logging in.  Where Filesets are disassociated, each has a pre-uninstallation script to ensure the services should also be removed.

Ingredients

↓ macOS

Directions

For the example provided:

Fileset scripts may be modified for personal preference.  In each Fileset there is a script that is actioned by the local computer service.  The scripts are using a pattern match.  The pattern matching may be edited as required, removing or adding appropriately.

macOS

Locate the "prompt_user.sh" file within the Fileset and choose to edit.  In the following code block snippet from this script, the case statement is pattern matching text.  In the provided example the script is looking for lines that contain any one of the following:

Where found, the 'show_message' function is being used to prompt the user:

prompt_user.sh
# * are wildcard entries and | acts as a logical OR
case "$line" in
		*"Model version"*|*"Downloading Fileset"*|*"Done activating"*|*"Activate all"*)
			show_message
			;;

The second part of the case statement is causing the script to exit.  The pattern match this time, is any line that contains:

prompt_user.sh
*"Data successfully sent to the inventory server"*)
			exit 0
			;;

Notification Center Permissions

Notifications are user choice.  Users must accept notifications when prompted.

The below section of the 'com.filewave.promptuser.plist' may be edit as desired, where the defined keys determine the following:

com.filewave.prompt_user.plist
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
	<dict>
		<key>the_title</key>
		<string>FileWave Message</string>
		<key>the_subtitle</key>
		<string></string>
		<key>bundle_id</key>
		<string>com.filewave.fwGUI</string>
	</dict>

Users may still allow Notifications in System Preferences if previously denied:

Launch Services
Once a launch service is running, editing an already loaded script will have no impact on the current service; the service itself must be reloaded.  If parts of the Fileset are edited after association, consideration of this should be taken into account to ensure those changes are made active.

Notes

The above provides an example of notifying users, using a service.  However, with some adaptation messages could be sent in other ways at alternate times to users.

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Revision #3
Created 14 July 2023 16:26:13 by Josh Levitsky
Updated 4 November 2024 13:54:09 by Josh Levitsky