18.1 Application Commands
A
few commands may be sent to applications to start them up, bring them
to the front, and make them quit. An application does not have to be
scriptable to obey them (see Table 19-1 and the
discussion there).
Syntax
launch application
Description
Makes sure an application is running, without bringing it frontmost
or making it perform any actions.
Syntax
activate application
Description
Brings an application frontmost.
Syntax
reopen application
Description
Tells an application to behave as if it had been opened from the
Finder. Some applications behave specially when told to do this. For
example, in the case of the Finder, reopen makes a
window open if no Finder windows are open at that moment;
launch and activate
don't.
Syntax
quit application
Description
Tells an application to quit.
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