App.executeCommand steals focus on OSX?

Hi There,
I'm currently using app.executeCommand() to accomplish specific tasks that cannot be done via AE's ExtendScript API. The problem I am now noticing (on OSX only) is that if a user has an application other than AE, the script using app.executeCommand() will cause AE to "steal" focus from the users current application. On Windows, using the app.executeCommand() method does not cause AE to steal focus from another app.
Is there any way to ensure that AE does not steal focus when using the app.executeCommand() method on OSX? I know it's a bit of an esoteric question, but I just wanted to see if anybody has had experience with this issue.
Thank you for your time and help!
Best,
Arie

Thanks for the feedback, David. I have noticed that AE likes to pop up into focus on OSX every now and then—even without any scripting. I agree that coding natively is the way to go, but I am needing to use the "Send comp to AME" command from the Composition menu. There is currently nothing for that in the scripting API, so I am needing to use the executeCommand function. If I have like 100 comps that I want to run through in a loop, the script takes over the whole machine making it useless until AE finishes its job. So, I decided to just add a watch folder to AME, and then write a script that moves all the comps in the root of the project panel into a created folder—except of course the one that I want AME to process. I then save a copy of the AEP to the watch folder and AME processes the comp that was left in the root of the project. Seems to work, but it does require the user setup a watch folder in AME first.
--Arie

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