Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
- Subject: Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
- From: Fraser <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 21:05:10 -0500
On 3/1/02 11:13 PM, you wrote:
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> Is it just me, or is the Scriptmenu.menu widget in OS X fussy? Unless I
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> specifically activate FileMaker, it consistently bobbles Apple Events. Can
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> I activate an app without bringing it to the front? Or can I hide it
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> somehow after I'm done with it?
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in Applescript\, 'activate' actually means 'bring to front'. So don't use
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'activate' if you don't want it in the front. Just tell the app to launch.
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That will keep it in the background.
Unless I explicitly bring FileMaker to the front, Finder 10.1.2 gives me a
"FileMaker Pro requires your attention". Although my script completes as
soon as I dismiss the alert, I don't need to see it or the gratuitous icon
bouncing (gag) in the dock. Am I missing something?
Fraser
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