Why is the active document not the frontmost document?

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From: invisiblerabbit
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 15:50

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The code reads:

	app.activedocument=documents["filmstrip.psd"];
        alert (app.activedocument)
	app.activedocument.selection.selectAll();

the alert shows [Document filmstrip.psd]

except then the third line runs an error which says that the selectAll action must be run on the frontmost document? As far as I can understand, shouldn't the frontmost document be the active document? This is very confusing. Thanks in advance for your help.

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