macOS, is my app active?

[JB]

Hi Klaus,

I did that and got a error but by reformatting
the code properly it worked.

JB

> On Nov 23, 2019, at 1:04 PM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hallo Hermann,
> 
>> Am 23.11.2019 um 17:16 schrieb hh via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> MacOS 10.15.1
> 
> macOS 10.14.6 here, LC 9.5.1 rc1
> 
>> This is fld "IN" (your snippet):
>> 
>> tell application "System Events"
>> set activeApp to name of first application process whose frontmost is true
>> return activeApp
>> end tell
>> 
>> on mouseUp
>> do fld "IN" as "applescript"
>> put the result into fld "OUT"
>> end mouseUp
>> 
>> yields in fld "OUT":
>> "Livecode-Community" or
>> "LiveCode-Indy" or
>> "LiveCode-Business"
> 
> no, it doesn't unfortunately!
> 
> I wrote (this is in fact in my field 1):
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> tell application "System Events"
>> 	set activeApp to name of first application process whose frontmost is true
>> 	return activeApp
>> end tell
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>> Works fine in the AppleScript Editor, but I get "execution error" when DOing this in LC!?
> 
> With DOing I meant of course your above mentioned procedere "on mouseup":
> 
> on mouseUp
>  do fld 1 as AppleScript
>  put the result into fld 2
> end mouseUp
> 
> But all I get in field 2 is -> execution error
> Clueless...
> 
> 
> Best
> 
> Klaus
> 
> --
> Klaus Major
> https://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major-k.de
> 
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