BTW: You can also do it by setting the "frontmost" of the process through AppleScript. Here's a link to the tip on my site:
http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/metacard/metacard.htm?ascr004 Have fun, Ken Ray Sons of Thunder Software Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: Bringing an MC app to the front > Ken Ray wrote: > > >> How can I hae one MC-based app bring another one to the front? > >> > >> I've tried: > >> > >> get "tell application" && quote & tAppName & quote && "to activate" > >> do it as applescript > >> > >> Even though the value of tAppName is correct, the result comes back > >> "execution error". Do I need to build an AppleScript dictionary entry for > >> "activate" for that to work? Earler discussion here made it seem somehow > >> simpler... > > > > RIchard, you can use "open file" through AppleScript; MC doesn't seem to > > support the activate event properly (I've already told Scott about this). > > Here's an example: > > > > tell application "Finder" > > open file <path to the app> > > end tell > > I have no trouble opening the file, the problem is bringing that app to the > front. > > Will that script bring the app forward? > > How can I bring the app forward without opening a document? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > Developer of WebMerge 2.1: Publish any database on any site > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > Tel: 323-225-3717 AIM: FourthWorldInc > > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
