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FrontEndExecute returns Null

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  • Subject: [mg16554] FrontEndExecute returns Null
  • From: damienthomas at my-dejanews.com
  • Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 04:00:24 -0500
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In[1]:=FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`Notebooks[]]

FrontEndExecute returns Null regardless of the arguments it takes. For
example, the command "Notebooks[]" returns a list of the currently opened
notebooks in the frontend. However, it is defined in the system context
unlike the similarly named function "FrontEnd`Notebooks[]". The latter is
applicable only with the wrapper "FrontEndExecute". Is it possible to obtain
the returning value of "FrontEnd`Notebooks" when enclosed with
FrontEndExecute?

Here is an additional problem relating to FrontEndExecute:
Occasionally, on inputting the following expression on the command-line, the
input is overwritten with a NotebookObject. Is this the default behaviour of
"FrontEndExecute"? Can it be modified to act like an ordinary input expression
when executed from the command-line?

In[2]:=FrontEndExecute[FrontEnd`Notebooks[]]
In[2]:=NotebookObject[FrontEndObject[LinkObject[FM36ed6abb,1,1]],17]

Damien
damienh at symphony.ucc.ie

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