[X4U] Applescript gurus- auto-invoke screen lock?

[John Azevedo]

On Sep 27, 2005, at 11:05 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> I currently have my computer set to boot directly into the kids'  
> accounts so that, in the event of a "hard crash" or hard-restart,  
> that they still have easy access to their applications without  
> going through a login procedure, etc.
>
> However, I have EyeTV running on my account, which allows me to  
> record TV shows like a digital video recorder, and if my account  
> isn't logged in, it won't run. Invariably, my iMac will have locked  
> up or crashed and have been re-booted on the day of a particularly  
> interesting program I want to watch.

Try setting  /Library/Application Support/EyeTV/EyeTVHelper as Login  
item on their acount.

>
> Is there an applescript that I can use in my login items that will  
> invoke the screen saver/screen lock immediately upon login, so that  
> my startup/login items are launched as expected, but there is no  
> access to my account?


set the target_app to ((path to "dlib" from system domain as string)  
&  
"Frameworks:ScreenSaver.framework:Versions:A:Resources:ScreenSaverEngine 
.app") as alias--this the end of the first line

tell application (target_app as string) to launch--this is the second  
line