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osascript

  1. classicalken

    Resolved My AppleScript 'display dialog' steals input focus. How to get it back programmatically?

    Hi. I wrote a little bash script that runs in the background (launched by crontab) which uses osascript's (AppleScript's) 'display dialog' command to throw up a dialog box on my screen. Works great. Trouble is, the dialog box also takes the input focus. I want the dialog box to appear, but...