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by: Alan B - Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:18 UTC

I’m trying to write an AppleScript which amongst other things needs to
record all open applications. I *THINK* the following will do it but any
suggestions welcome.

tell application "System Events" to set openApps to displayed name of
(every process whose background only is false) as list

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Cheers, Alan

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by: Alan B - Fri, 11 Feb 2022 08:48 UTC

On 2022-02-10, Alan B <alanrichardbarker@nospamgmail.com.here> wrote:
> I’m trying to write an AppleScript which amongst other things needs to
> record all open applications. I *THINK* the following will do it but any
> suggestions welcome.
>
> tell application "System Events" to set openApps to displayed name of
> (every process whose background only is false) as list

Well the construct seems to work in the following test script so
onwards and upwards. I'm aware using System Events calls can be
dangerous.

tell application "System Events" to set openApps to displayed name of
(every process whose background only is false) as list
set appList to "List of All Open Applications ..." & return & return
set c to (count of openApps) as integer
repeat with i from 1 to (c)
set appList to appList & item i of openApps & return
end repeat
display dialog appList

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Cheers, Alan

Subject	Author
AppleScript Advice	Alan B
AppleScript Advice	Alan B