Applescript works in Automator but not as Application workflow

I have a pretty simple Application workflow in automator that runs this applescript:
set front_app to (path to frontmost application as Unicode text)
tell application front_app
activate
set bounds of window 1 to {0, 0, 1280, 800}
end tell
as you can see all it does is it maximizes the current window. it works when I run the script from within automator, but when i save it as an application and run that it says the applescript errored.
Why is my simple automator not working as an application?
Message was edited by: Pyrolistical

When you run that script as an application it comes to the front and is therefore the frontmost application: it doesn't have a window to be maximised.
You would need to specify the actual application to have its window maximised:
tell application "Safari"
activate
set bounds of window 1 to {0, 0, 1280, 800}
end tell
Trying to find out which was the frontmost application before you launched the AppleScript application is going to to be difficult.

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Ok, let me try to do a better job explaining.
I am making this app to simulate the rounds used in competitive ballroom dancing. It lets the user select the dances they will participate in, and then, for each dance, the program reads out the dance title, chooses all songs in iTunes with that genre, selects one at random, starts playing it, waits ninety seconds, and then stops the music. Then a twenty second pause before the next dance. I have made eleven apps for this; one is the main app that calls the others; the others are identical and handle the individual dances.
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