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Re: tell the frontmost application?
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Emmanuel <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 7 May 2003 12:39:37 +0200
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At 6:48 PM +0900 07/05/03, Nobumi Iyanaga wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Is there any way to write a script:
>
>tell the frontmost application
>    ...
>end tell

It's currently Finder's job (or System Events', I don't know, I didn't try) to tell who is frontmost.

I hope this single line help:

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tell application "Finder" to get name of every process whose frontmost is true
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Emmanuel

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