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how to activate window not app?

I m trying to write a very simple applescript to just create a new Terminal window and set it to be frontmost i e so it has focus without raising all the other Terminal I have open The following creates the new Terminal window but results in all the other Terminal windows I have open behind my other windows being raised which I m trying to avoid: tell application Terminal act

How to read a txt file?

In article Sander Tekelenburg wrote: > In article > > I ve looked at a lot of AppleTalk > > dictionaries ever since AppleTalk first came out and for the most part > > have been extremely frustrated because while a certain application may > > have the capability to do some th

Anyone ever use i settingsFileIn of security add trusted

In article Applescript User wrote: > Hi > Does anyone have any experience with the settingsFileIn i option of > the security add trusted cert framework? > ie : > security add trusted cert d r trustAsRoot k blah keychain tmp > cert pem i settings plist > > Or does anyone hav

System Events: get file names in directory

In article Martin Krischik wrote: > > Also if you want an alias to the home folder a far better way to get > > it is: > > > > set Current_Folder to the path to the home folder > > The line commented out is the one I really want the other one is just > there to simplyfy the test until it works out Ok but I still rec

Folder Action temporary files

In article Jolly Roger wrote: > In article > Dave Balderstone wrote: > > > In article > > Jolly Roger wrote: > > > > > In article <12122

Write variables and values to another script

On 2008 12 01 10:21:38 0500 Jo_y said: > >> While you can store script data variable values using either shell >> scripting s defaults command load script store script or just >> the plain read write commands from standard additions osax what you >> are asking to do isn t really practical > > Thanks for the compass i ve done much more with applesc

File format of script editor

On 26 11 2008 anni wrote in message : > when we save script using script editor There is file format combo > box which shows different file formats can anybody explain what are > the significance of all > > 1 script : simple scripts > 2 application bundle > 3 script bundle > 4 application If you re a

Mailbox selection

In article anni wrote: > event i didn t aware we could open more than one viewer can anybody > tell me how can we open more than 1 viewer Command option N or choose New Viewer Window from the File menu > or we can set some object to viewer such as i want to open safari in > mess

Beep sound

it is not exactly what i wanted but is nice very nice here is the script: tell application Finder set xx_1 to alias name of startup disk : System:Library:Sounds: as text set rand_ to random number of count every item in xx_1 if rand_ is 0 then set rand_ to 2 set the_f to item rand_ of xx_1 end tell set d to current date as date set h to hours of d set

Snippet content

On 2008 11 20 16:53:09 0500 Jo_y said: > Is there a way to get the content of snippets in the finder instead > of pulling these > via drag and drop onto a open Script editor window ? > I mean files with the name extension textClipping > Oops i continue to add command k at the end of every phrase 8P ClipEdit Us

Count folders

Hey Michelle all what i wanted and i want to do is to clean up and to shorten a bit my old scripts i use mostly repeat routines but it seems that the way is not always practicable So thanks anyway for the solution

Using Applescript to Sleep Computer

I tell it application System Events also run 10 5 5 and have no delay I use this: pmset changes and reads power management settings such as idle sleep timing wake on administrative access automatic restart on power loss etc set current_mode to do shell script pmset g | grep mode look for current hibernate mode if current_mode contains 3 then set the current_name t

Consulting Engagement AppleScript VBA Cambridge MA

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Keyboard Layout resets itself

BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE Hash: SHA1 Warren Oates schrieb: > In article > Martin Krischik wrote: > >> I checked Library Preferences but com apple keyboardtype plist is a >> binary file so I can t edit it >> > > If you double click it should open in the plist editor I don t have > that file in my pre

Reference to a list stops working when put inside a functi

In article Jugdish wrote: > The above code generates this error: Can t make last insertion point > of myList into type reference > I can t for the life of me figure out why putting that code inside a > function would suddenly cause an error Can someone enlighten me on > this? Declare m