Re: OT: Difference in behaviour between Illustrator and InDesign

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From: Shane Stanley
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:02

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in article 1de8e9a8.-1@WebX.la2eafNXanI, Ton Kuypers wrote:

> I know this forum is dedicated to InDesign Scripting, but there is no
> Illustrator Scripting forum

FYI, the AI people regularly post to the Adobe Scripting forum.
 
> The command
> tell application "InDesign 2.0.2"
> open alias "MacHarley:Users:ton:Desktop:test:Test.indd"
> end tell
> opens the correct file but leaves InDesign in the back, so my frontend remains
> available.
> 
> When using the same command in Illustrator:
> tell application "Adobe Illustrator 10"
> open alias "MacHarley:Users:ton:Desktop:test:Test.eps"
> end tell
> Illustrator switched to the foreground.
> 
> Does anybody know how to prevent this, I really need to have my application in
> front.

AFAIK, it can't be done. I suspect it's just a result of the different ways
scripting has been implemented in the two apps.

-- 
Shane Stanley,  sstanley@myriad-com.com.au

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