27 June 2003

Hiding Apps using AppleScript

Just got this question from a friend. How Do I hide an App using AppleScript?

The easy answer is the following:

tell app "xyz" to set visible to false

Some applications, however (like FileMaker Pro) do not support this property, so more complicated measures have to be taken:

tell application "Finder"
    if exists application process "FileMaker Pro" then ¬
        set visible of application process "FileMaker Pro" to false
end tell

This has the additional advantage that it will do nothing if the application is not running.

(This is valid for OS X 10.2.6, not tested on other versions.)

Mac - posted on 6/27/03; 2:30:24 PM - Armin Briegel

Two great iChat AV Tips...

... can be found on Mac OS X Hints:

• Add ICQ users to iChat AV
• iChat AV and Safari 1.0 support AIM: URLs

I find the ICQ thingie very interesting. However everybody I know who had ICQ has changed to iChat a while ago.

Mac - posted on 6/27/03; 2:25:03 PM - Armin Briegel