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Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts
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Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts


  • Subject: Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts
  • From: Andy Wylie <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 20:32:29 +1200

on 8/1/02 11:11 AM +1200: John Delacour wrote:

> At 5:37 pm -0400 31/7/02, email@hidden wrote:
>> Nick,
>>
>> Try this:
>>
>> tell frontmost application
>> display dialog "whatever"
>> end tell
>>
>> That way it should always end up at the front of whatever you're working
>> in...
>
> tell me to set dd to (display dialog.....)
>
> does the same and is more useful
>
Still useless in some contexts though, why "more useful" and 'the set dd
to'? I though you were Mr Doubletell JD :)

tell application "Finder"
tell (every process whose frontmost is true) as +class psn ;
display dialog "whatever"
end tell
end tell

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