Open / Close windows of programs running in the background with menu bar icons via stream deck button

Title

Open / Close windows of programs running in the background with menu bar icons via stream deck button

What do you expect to happen when you run the script/macro?

There is a program called "Resilio Sync" that runs in the background and has an icon present on the top right menu bar that indicates it is open.

I am hoping that a button on the stream deck will be able to launch the application (if it is NOT running in the background), or open the application's main window if it is running in the background, or close the application's main window (but remain open in the background).

The problem is, I am unable to figure out just how to do this using if/else statements. I think I might be close but need some help.

Thanks!

Are you seeing an error?

I think the script is running multiple times and getting confused because I can't figure out the best way to code what I am hoping for. Haha!

What happens when you run this script?

When I click the stream deck button, the program will launch (if it is not launched) and will throw "TEST 1" up. This is great!

When the program is open in the background, and I click the stream deck button, the program will open as expected and will throw up "TEST 3"

When the program is open and the main window is at the front, the script will close the main window, then "TEST 2" will appear but then a bunch of looped error messages come up for both "TEST 1" and "TEST 3" multiple times over and over until the script stops because it's being overloaded.

Clearly this is something I am doing and would love some help with this one! Thanks again!

How were you running this script?

I used a Stream Deck button

How important is this issue to you?

3

Details

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    "inputIsError": true,
    "inputError": "I think the script is running multiple times and getting confused because I can't figure out the best way to code what I am hoping for. Haha!",
    "inputWhatHappens": "When I click the stream deck button, the program will launch (if it is not launched) and will throw \"TEST 1\" up. This is great!\n\nWhen the program is open in the background, and I click the stream deck button, the program will open as expected and will throw up \"TEST 3\"\n\nWhen the program is open and the main window is at the front, the script will close the main window, then \"TEST 2\" will appear but then a bunch of looped error messages come up for both \"TEST 1\" and \"TEST 3\" multiple times over and over until the script stops because it's being overloaded.\n\nClearly this is something I am doing and would love some help with this one! Thanks again!",
    "inputHowRun": {
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        "title": "I used a Stream Deck button"
    },
    "inputImportance": 3,
    "inputTitle": "Open / Close windows of programs running in the background with menu bar icons via stream deck button"
}

Source

const application = sf.ui.app("com.resilio.Sync");

if (!sf.ui.app("com.resilio.Sync").exists) {
    sf.app.launch({ path: "/Applications/Resilio Sync.app" })
    throw "TEST 1";
} else if (sf.ui.frontmostApp.activeBundleID === "com.resilio.Sync") {
    application.getMenuItem("Window", "Close").elementClick();
    throw "TEST 2"
} else (sf.ui.frontmostApp.activeBundleID !== "com.resilio.Sync") {
    sf.ui.app("com.resilio.Sync").getElement("AXExtrasMenuBar").popupMenuSelect({
        menuPath: ["Open Resilio Sync"],
    });
    throw "TEST 3";
}

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