Opening a Terminal window in AppleScript

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Opening a Terminal window in AppleScript

Hello, I am having dificulties getting a terminal window to open from an AppleScript. I recently upgraded from OS X SnowLeopard to Lion. Under SnowLeopard the following AppleScript would activate Terminal and open a Terminal window:

tell application "Terminal"

activate

end tell

However, now that I am using Lion, when I run the above script Terminal will activate but a Terminal window does not open. Does anybody know how to modify this script so that Terminal activates and a Terminal window opens? Thanks George

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Sep 17, 2011 8:17 AM

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Sep 17, 2011 9:07 AM in response to BioASys

Hello, I figured out the answer. I just needed to tell the applescript to open a new window using the system events command. Here is the revised script:

tell application "Terminal"

activate

tell application "System Events" to keystroke "n" using {command down}

end tell

Thanks, George

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