set visible of process (name of theApp) to false
On Apr 25, 12:12 pm, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Possibly with some saved-command and proxy object trickery, but I'm > not sure how those work. > > But it should be possible with applescript, but for one problem. A > script like: > > on open theApp > tell application theApp to launch > end open > > should work for open in background, and adding > > tell application "System Events" to set visible of process theApp to > false > > should allow hiding, but AppleScript is expecting the LaunchServices > name of the app, there, not its path. So if any AppleScript wizards > know how to convert a path to a name (it won't be reliable to just do > a "get POSIX path" and run it through a path-and-extension-stripping > regex), this should be able to work. It _does_ work if I take out "on > open" and replace theApp with "iChat," so I know the concept is sound, > but I don't know how to do the conversion. > > On Apr 24, 1:18 am, pendolino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > i was wondering if this could be done via QS when launching any app as > > a general default or as a specific command at a launch instance.
