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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>On 11/2/05 9:43 AM, Jim Freeman <jpfreeman@mac.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I don't know if behavior has changed or it depends on the app, but sometimes the launching app will keep jumping to the front and I'll keep having to click on the dock to get back to what I'm doing. In this case I launched iPhoto and was able to work in Mail until iPhoto was ready. I guess I should read LaunchBar documentation and see what they say. And there is Command-H, although I don't know if it would always work with a launching ap. Not a huge deal, just an annoyance and I thought that maybe there was a solution out there.<BR>
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Jim, this is easy to do with a simple AppleScript. Paste the following into a new Script Editor window and save it as an application (or even just a compiled script as LaunchBar will run the script for you):<BR>
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--<FONT COLOR="#9900CC"><I> this will launch iPhoto in the background<BR>
</I></FONT><B>tell</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">application</FONT> "<FONT COLOR="#000077">iPhoto</FONT>" <B>to</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">launch<BR>
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--<FONT COLOR="#9900CC"><I>this will hide it after it launches<BR>
</I></FONT><B>tell</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">application</FONT> "<FONT COLOR="#000077">System Events</FONT>"<BR>
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<B>repeat</B> <B>until</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">exists</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#004400">process</FONT> "<FONT COLOR="#000077">iPhoto</FONT>"<BR>
<B>end</B> <B>repeat<BR>
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<B>set</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">visible</FONT> <B>of</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">process</FONT> "<FONT COLOR="#000077">iPhoto</FONT>" <B>to</B> <FONT COLOR="#004400">false<BR>
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<B>end</B> <B>tell<BR>
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</B>It might be overkill for the number of times you’d use it, but it will do the trick.<BR>
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HTH,<BR>
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-- Bill</SPAN></FONT>
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