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Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
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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:
>> Is it just me, or is the Scriptmenu.menu widget in OS X fussy? Unless I
>> specifically activate FileMaker, it consistently bobbles Apple Events. Can
>> I activate an app without bringing it to the front? Or can I hide it
>> somehow after I'm done with it?
>>
> in Applescript\, 'activate' actually means 'bring to front'. So don't use
> 'activate' if you don't want it in the front. Just tell the app to launch.
> 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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