Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts
Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts
- Subject: Re: Display dialog + compiled scripts
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:07:22 -0700
The frontmost application may be DragThing. I believe that's precisely what
he's trying to avoid, but i may be wrong.
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Paul Berkowitz
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From: email@hidden
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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:37:52 EDT
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To: email@hidden
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Cc: email@hidden
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Subject: Display dialog + compiled scripts
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Nick,
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Try this:
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tell frontmost application
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display dialog "whatever"
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end tell
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That way it should always end up at the front of whatever you're working in...
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Best Wishes
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=-= Marc
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PS - 2 questions:
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1. Why can't I find a good rose-hip tea here?
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2. Why do they use hybiscus in tea, when hybiscus is poisonous to eat, drink,
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and inhale the fumes from when burned?
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MrTea Wrote:
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> Is there an 'approved' way to display dialogs in other apps
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> when using a utility like DragThing to run a compiled
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> script? I want the dialog to display in front of other
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> windows (obviously), but don't want to bring DragThing to
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> the front to display it.
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> Must the command must always be wrapped in a specific
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> application 'tell' block directed at the frontmost
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> application? Or is there a way to have the OS display the
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> message so that it always shows, no matter what app is
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> frontmost?
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