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Re: Getting front app
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Re: Getting front app


  • Subject: Re: Getting front app
  • From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:45:04 -0700

At 7:16 AM -0700 8/2/2001, Phil Calvert wrote:
>When I try your suggestion I kept getting the path to the script app--not
>the app that I was hoping for (e.g. Not the app that the user is using right
>before the launch of the script from the f-key). This is my code right now.

You need to run your script from a utility which doesn't activate an application. For example, with OSA Menu, you could run the script without starting another process, which would allow you to get the info you want, but as long as you are launching a script application, you'll have this problem.

Jon


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