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Opening another app in the background
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Opening another app in the background


  • Subject: Opening another app in the background
  • From: Jeffrey Mattox <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 03:43:33 -0500

My application is opening an AppleWorks 6 database (on OS 10.2.5) thusly:

tell application "Finder" to set theDir to folder "Documents" of home
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
open file "database.cwk" of theDir
end tell

I'd like to have Finder and AppleWorks launch (if necessary), open the document (if not already opened), and stay in the background -- that is, not activate and come to the front.

I can re-activate myself after doing this, but the document flashes on the screen. Is there a way?

Jeff
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