Script active in hidden window?

[stefwef]

I am running a script in FMP 9 on a mac that opens up a window with related records in order to act on the related records.

I have made this window 1 pixel tall and 1 pixel wide, but this little box of a window still flashes if only briefly in a way that I'd like to avoid.

Is there a way to hide the window but still have it be the active window for the script?

I feel like there should be an obvious answer for this but I am stuck stuck stuck!

Thanks!

- Stephanie

[hbrendel]

You could place this window off-screen.

[stefwef]

Thank you! I'll test out how many pixels is way out of the way. ;o)

[Mike J]

Anything > than the screen width (if you want it to be to the far right or the screen height. I put mine

1 pixel

1 pixel

5000 pixel to the right.

[xochi]

people have more than one screen, so this may not work in all cases.

On OSX I recently had a weird case where the user had their secondary screen located ABOVE their main screen (e.g. the menubar was sandwiched between the two screens). This broke some of my assumptions about a safe "offscreen" coordinate :