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Re: Missing value


  • Subject: Re: Missing value
  • From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:45:14 -0500

On Aug 28, 2011, at 19:05, Robert Poland wrote:
This seems to do the job, without using info for...

tell application "System Events"
set applicationName to (path to frontmost application as text)
end tell
set applicationName to name of application applicationName
______________________________________________________________________

Hey Bob,

Well, if you're going to go that route you can consolidate:

tell application "System Events"
set frontAppName to item 1 of (get name of processes whose frontmost is true)
end tell

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Best Regards,
Chris

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