At 06:34p +0900 05/08/2003, Nobumi Iyanaga didst inscribe upon an electronic papyrus: >Perhaps System Events is not really running at the background...?? >This means that practically, it is impossible to "tell the frontmost >application"... As John said, it is a problem with Script Menu. There is a third-party menubar app called FastScripts which is designed to be smarter about application processes. You might want to try it. <http://www.red-sweater.com/> -boo