Mark, That doesn't seem to have any effect as far as "tell application ID" is concerned. I can't get it to alter the returned code. Does this wrk on your machine? Thanks Paul On Nov 9, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Mark Lively wrote: > If you were to right click on an application and show package > contents, there would be a file in there called "Info.plist" > On of the keys in the file is "Bundle identifier" which contains > "com.Apple.TextEdit" for instance. > > You can add one to an application if it doesn't have one. > > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Paul Skinner wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> get id of application "TextEdit" >> -->"com.apple.TextEdit" >> >> get id of application "applescriptApplication.app" >> -->"aplt" >> >> What is it that causes an applescript application to create a plist >> and, I assume, thusly be locatable with the... >> >> tell application id "com.apple.TextEdit" >> make new document >> end tell >> >> ...construct? >> >> thanks, >> Paul >>