AppleScript won't take focus on launch

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

I’ve got a small AppleScript tool I’ve created and when launched directly, it takes focus. Great.

If, however, I launch it via Automator’s “Launch Application” service so that I can assign a keyboard shortcut to it, it doesn’t take focus - it becomes the last item in my list of active applications and I get the standard Apple error “boing”.

Is there any way to get this to take focus when it is launched via Automator?

#2

Do you tell it to Activate?

tell me to
activate
end tell
#3

Add an AppleScript action below, and in it type

tell application “Safari” --replace Safari with name of your app
activate
end tell

This will force your application to the front if you put it right after you launch it.

#4

Thanks very much. I’ll give that a try.

Bowjest