Apple

However, it gets an error when I try this:

tell application "System Events"
set appNameList to every application process whose name is in my getList()
end tell

on getList()
return {"Keyboard Maestro", "Finder", "Script Debugger"}
end getList

Any ideas/suggestions?

Hey Jim,

Yvan apparently didn't understand your question.

This is typical. The way the Finder handles it is atypical.

Very few apps will allow you to use a list in that way.

Hamish could probably tell you exactly why ( if you could get past the profanity :), but I can't.

Whose clauses are very powerful, but they aren't consistent or well documented — and in the Finder since Yosemite they are slower than they used to be.

Take Care,

Chris

References:
	>Using a Handler with a Whose Clause (From: Jim Underwood <email@hidden>)