AppleScript to launch Windows XP in Coherence mode and auto hide the Dock.

[neosublime]

I like to hide the Dock when running XP in coherence mode so I wrote a little script that detects wether Parallels is running or not, then launches, and hides it. Waits for 30 seconds, then hides the Dock, and prings paralles to the front.

(I use suspend instead of close VM)

Run it again, and it again, and it quits Parallels and unhides the Dock. Hope it's something you can use.

Copy the code below, and paste into Apple Script Editor. Save script as an application bundle, and uncheck any checked boxes that are checked. (I put mine in my "Applications" folder.)

Code:

tell application "System Events"
	if exists process "Parallels Desktop" then
		tell application "Parallels Desktop"
			quit
		end tell
		delay 1
		tell application "System Events"
			keystroke "d" using {command down, option down}
		end tell
		
	else
		tell application "Parallels Desktop"
			activate
		end tell
		tell application "System Events"
			set visible of process "Parallels Desktop" to false
		end tell
		delay 30
		tell application "System Events"
			keystroke "d" using {command down, option down}
		end tell
		tell application "System Events"
			set visible of process "Parallels Desktop" to true
		end tell
		
	end if
end tell