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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>On 11/2/05 10:22 AM, net kat <netkat@comcast.net> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>when I run that script (saved as an application) iPhoto launches and doesn't come to the front, BUT when I switch to iPhoto, there's no window, and no way to get one: every menu item relating to opening/getting the albums is greyed out...<BR>
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maybe iPhoto doesn't "like" being told to hide during launch??<BR>
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WOW, net, you’re right! This isn’t the expected behavior at all. When AppleScript “launches” an application it should start it, but leave it in the back. This smells buggy. I’m digging a bit and will re-post when I solve it.<BR>
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-- Bill</SPAN></FONT>
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