reference to current application is NOT foreground application

Scripting Forums AppleScriptObjC and Xcode
#1

I have a property:
property NSApplication : a reference to current application’s NSApplication
If my applescriptobjc script is run NSApplication is set to the application that ran the script and not the frontmost application. I want the script to be run from a background application while Xcode is the frontmost application but still have NSApplication set to Xcode. How can I change the property to point to Xcode? Remember this is an Applescriptobjc script.

#2

NSApplication is the name of a Cocoa class, and you use it by prepending it with current application. Don’t try setting it to anything else.

#3

So there’s no way to have an ApplescriptObjC script run via Keyboard Maestro macro on a specific application? It sounds like your saying that current application will be Keyboard Maestro which really sucks. I need to get the class of the first responder of Xcode.

Thanks for your help

#4

Correct. ASObjC can only target objects within the application hosting the script. To interact with another application, you’ll need to use AppleEvents.

#5

Thanks for the bad news:(