Bringing another app's window to front on Mac in C

Question

How do I bring another app's window to front on Mac in C/C++? I have the app's pid. I found solutions for AppleScript, but I'm not familiar with AppleScript. (and also not with Objective C) Thanks!

edit: I cannot use Carbon in this program, because it must be a 64 bit binary. edit2: I'm also interested in Carbon and Cocoa solutions. I could put this into an exernal 32 bit app to use Carbon.

Answer 1

You can do it like this:

#include <stdlib.h>

system("osascript -e \"tell application \\\"Address Book\\\" to activate\"");

This will also launch the app (Address Book in this example) if it's not already running.