Re: Launch application in the backgroung
Re: Launch application in the backgroung
- Subject: Re: Launch application in the backgroung
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 13:00:13 -0800
On 1/2/04 12:39 PM, "Rob Stavis" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> how do I launch an application in the background?
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> tell app "Address Book"
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> activate in the background
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> end tell
Hello?
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Does anyone know whether it's possible to launch Excel in the background? I
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tried this, and the script compiled as
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Tell app "Excel"
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Activate of the background
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...and then Excel didn't understand the command.
Naturally. "Activate" means "bring to the front". (And "Excel" doesn't exist
unless you renamed it.)
tell app "Microsoft Excel" to launch
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Paul Berkowitz
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