Re: [Fwd: Bring Unix Process Window to Front]
Re: [Fwd: Bring Unix Process Window to Front]
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: Bring Unix Process Window to Front]
- From: Craig Williams <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:25:59 -0700
Hi, I'm a newbie here. I've installed a native Quartz (i.e. doesn't use X11) version of GnuCash, and I wrote a one-line script application to open it from the Dock:
do shell script "source /sw/bin/init.sh ; /opt/local/bin/gnucash >& /dev/null &"
This works fine, but it opens GnuCash (process name: gnucash-bin) as the last process -- i.e. in order to give GnuCash focus after it launches I have to press cmd-shift-tab.
How can I bring the GnuCash window to the front upon launch? "Tell application "gnucash-bin" to activate" doesn't seem to work. I don't even know how to simulate pressing cmd-shift-tab, which I would live with. TIA for helping a rank beginner.
- Mark
See if this works.
-- Get the pid using $! -- Then bring it to the front like this. tell application "System Events" to set frontmost of (every process whose unix id is pid_number) to true
-Craig |
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