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ThoughtfulHacking
ThoughtfulHacking

Reputation: 1309

How do I bring a Java application to the front on a Mac?

I have a Java application that I want to bring to the front at regular intervals, but I haven't been able to do this.

[Aside to people wanting to offer user interface advice. Yes, this is normally horrible, but I'm the only one using the app. It's my time&billing app, and I'm tired failing to record billable hours!]

I've tried with AppleScript, and have no problem getting Firefox to do this, with the following script:

tell application "Firefox"
repeat
    activate
    delay 10
end repeat
end tell

But I don't know how reference a Java app in AppleScript (that is, I don't know what to put for the appication's name).

Any ideas?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1140

Answers (2)

ThoughtfulHacking
ThoughtfulHacking

Reputation: 1309

I was able to do this, using the "Jar Bundler" app, which is included with Max OS X.

Once I packaged my code using that, it behaved as a standard mac application and the script in my original question worked with no problems.

Upvotes: 2

Arve
Arve

Reputation: 8128

If you can do this in the Java app itself, you could get a hint from:

How to bring a window to the front?

Upvotes: 0

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