Apple AppleScript Finder Guide - Manual (Page 54)

C H A P T E R 2
Finder Objects
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Object Class Definitions
ELEMENT CLASSES
None
COMMANDS HANDLED
Count, Data Size, Exists, Get, Sort
DEFAULT VALUE CLASS RETURNED
A reference or, if you use the plural form application processes, a list of
references of the form
application " ApplicationProcessName"
where ApplicationProcessName is the name of an application process as it appears
in the Applications menu.
EXAMPLES
You can use a script like this to get a list of all the application processes that are
currently running:
tell application "Finder"
application processes
end
--result: {application "HyperCard", application "Script
Editor", application "Scriptable Text Editor"}
The following script hides the TeachText application process:
tell application "Finder"
set visible of application process "TeachText" to false
end tell