Max asked:

>Would we be right in assuming that this same code will launch any 
>Application who's path is given?

Yep. Of course you could also take the folllowing shortcut-- but 
Brian may object since it bypasses several layers of OS X opaque 
abstraction.

;-)

Ken

local fn LaunchApp( app as str255 )
open "Unix", 1, "open " + app : close 1
end fn

fn LaunchApp( "/Applications/Safari.app" )
fn LaunchApp( "/Applications/TextEdit.app" )
fn LaunchApp( "/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app" )
end

do
handleevents
until gFBQuit