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Re: AppleScript Commands With No Dictionary Entry
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Re: AppleScript Commands With No Dictionary Entry

  • Subject: Re: AppleScript Commands With No Dictionary Entry
  • From: Paul Scott <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:08:49 -0800

On Nov 12, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
Search in "Script Editor's" Help for "activate" and you will find it a reference.
Not in any "Script Editor" Help I've ever encountered. Currently, I'm on Leopard
and the Script Editor Help doesn't have any worthwhile reference to "activate".

My mistake, I looked at the wrong document. You are correct that "activate" can
be found there. But it's documented as a "Finder" command which implies that it's
either not an intrinsic command, or Finder overrides it with unique functionality.
If it's an intrinsic command, then why isn't it documented in the AppleScript
Language Guide? If it's an application command, why isn't it in Finder's dictionary,
or TextEdit's, or any other application that accepts it? It all seems so arbitrary,
and yet I know it can't be. Something's missing.
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