OS X: Can launch app but not file

Kaveh Bazargan kaveh at deletethisbit.focalimage.com
Sun Aug 31 15:04:00 EDT 2003


At 11:27 pm -0700 30/8/03, Richard Gaskin wrote:

[...]

>The Mac OS API's _launch call has been riddled with issues since Mac OS 7,
>or maybe earlier.  This gets funkier in OS X since a .app is not a file, but
>really a folder.
>
>Best to use AppleScript and let the Finder sort it out:
>
>  tell program "Finder" to open "drive:folder:application.app"
>

I am slowly finding my way around. Now how do I send an AppleScript with
Rev? In Hypercard you chose AppleScript from a pop-up box.
-- 
Kaveh



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