Yes (SetFrontProcess), but I think you should tell us more about what
you're trying to do here.
On Mar 15, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Patrick Hartling wrote:
Is there a way for an application to bring itself forward
programmatically
to get the same result as using 'open' or by double-clicking on the
icon?
-Patrick
John Stiles wrote:
Also, when running an app directly from the command line, it does not
bring itself forward automatically. It will show up in the back,
behind
other running apps.
On Mar 15, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Clark Cox wrote:
On 3/14/07, Mark Ritchie <email@hidden> wrote:
On 14-Mar-07, at 3:47 PM, Daryl Thachuk wrote:
Look at 'open'
or if you know the path to the application then launch it directly:
.../MyApp.app/Contents/MacOS/MyApp
Just an FYI to the OP. These will result in very different running
environments for your program, and would be desirable in different
situations.
'open' will open the application just as double clicking on it would
have. This means that if an instance of your app is already running,
it will simply be reactivated (i.e. open will not start a new
instance
of your application)
Running it directly from the command-line (i.e. the second
suggestion
above) will run it as a subprocess of your shell. This means that it
will inherit your shell's environment, and will have its stdin/out
attached to the same files as the shell itself, etc. *and* it
will not
reactivate an already running instance of your app.
