Sascha Ledinsky wrote:
> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
>> Mac applications are controlled by more advanced means than simple 
>> command-lines.
> 
> ROFL :-)

Only a clueless person laughs about things they do not know or understand ;-)

> So, what's the "advanced" procedure to lauch application "B" (plain mac 
> pov) from application "A" on a macintosh?

If a Mac user wants to control an application, since 1990 the system and 
many applications provide a very advanced "event" mechanism that - for users 
- is hidden behind what is called "AppleScript".  It allows far more than 
anything a command-line could ever do: Interactive control of an 
application, even from another system on the other side of the world (if the 
user allows it).  And that since 1990 and without having to be a computer 
expert.

You are still laughing? - No!?! - Ohhhhhhhh.....

Now, that an obsolete technology like Java comes years later and all it can 
do is command-line interaction is your problem.  You might consider 
developing a real Mac application or just stay away from Macs.  If you just 
create a PC-style Java application and hand it to Mac users, they will 
ignore it anyway, but you won't understand why due to ignorance.

Until you change that, continue cleaning all those worms from your Windows 
PCs and keep chasing for the latest patches on your Linux PCs. I don't need 
to do either and have more time to get my work done.

	Thorsten

PS: Of course on a Mac you can just use the com.apple.cocoa.foundation and 
implement 
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/Java/Classes/NSScriptCommand.html>

to communicate with other Mac applications.

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