Changing window to floating = true

Question

Where in a program, such as Apple Mail, do you find the setting that governs the floating properties of the windows? I know from the dictionary that it is boolean in nature. I have searched for hours, both on the web and in the computer for it. I pieced together this script:
launch application "Mail"
tell application "System Events"
tell application "Mail" to activate
keystroke "w" using command down
keystroke "n" using {command down, control down}
end tell
Which I saved as a run only application and changed the icon to the notes icon (off of the Iphone). I then placed it in the dock. When it loads a little notepad pops up that allows me to take notes that sync with my Iphone. Laugh if you will, but this is very useful, because it is much easier (and neater) for me to take notes this way than using stickies (AND it syncs with my Iphone). It actually makes use of Apple Mail (a frustrating and worthless app with IMAP) too!!! It would make it even better if the new note would float above the other windows making it easier to cut and paste into the notepad. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Cheers!

Answer 1

You need to understand that an application's .plist in the Preferences folder only contains those items that the developer wants to keep track of between runs (preferences, etc), and sometimes information shared between user interface items (bindings). The user interface definitions and application code inside an application package are usually compiled and are not readable as source files.
If an item has properties that are only set programmatically (or are read only as previously mentioned), you will not be able to change them at all, unless you want to reverse engineer the application code.