launch.application
| Syntax |
launch.application (path)
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| Params |
path is a file path name pointing to the application you wish to launch.
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| Action |
Launches the application named in path.
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| Returns |
True if the launch is successful, false otherwise.
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| Examples |
launch.application ("System:System Folder:TeachText") » true
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| Notes |
If you wish to launch an application and open a specific document, use launch.appWithDocument, or use launch.anything and supply the document name as the path. This verb works faster than launch.anything; you should use this verb when you know that the object you wish to launch is an application rather than a document, Control Panel or other object. Unlike launch.anything, the newly launched application is not activated; Frontier remains the foreground application. To bring the other application to the foreground, use sys.bringAppToFront. If the application does not do any background operations, it may not appear in the Application menu until it is brought to the front. If the application is already running, this verb returns true immediately.
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| See Also |
launch.appWithDocument
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