[X4U] start app in background

Bill White billwhite at mac.com
Wed Nov 2 08:03:05 PST 2005


On 11/2/05 10:22 AM, net kat <netkat at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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...
> 
> maybe iPhoto doesn't "like" being told to hide during launch??

WOW, net, you¹re right! This isn¹t the expected behavior at all. When
AppleScript ³launches² an application it should start it, but leave it in
the back. This smells buggy. I¹m digging a bit and will re-post when I solve
it.

Thanks,

-- Bill
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