Is it possible to run a script when changing Yoga modes?

I'm currently working with a vendor of Restaurant reservation software and they have a customer that would like to implement the Yoga 13 for a chain of hotels. However, due to the fact that the software requires Silverlight, it's necessary to run a script so that they can use Google Chrome and have the software keyboard pop up automatically when a text field is entered or touched.
I can easily run the script at login and manually unload it when done, but since Lenovo already has software (Lenovo Transition) that can trigger things when the Yoga changes modes, is there some sort of developer tool or a system-wide event that can be used to automatically load and unload the script on mode change?
Please let me know, some Yoga sales could depend on this....and I love the Yoga.

Well, I'm looking for a means to activate a script through the active corners, I'm not asking any questions about the script itself, so I did not think it should be posted in the AppleScript categoriy, but sure, I'll give it a go.
(New thread in AppleScript: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2534773&tstart=0)
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echo "org.jim.test.plist was run at `date`"
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BobHarris is the MAN. ACLs seem to have worked. I put the Aperture Library in /Users/Shared/ApertureLibrary, restored the regular permissions as best I could (me as owner, staff as group, 755), pointed each person's Aperture to the library, then proceeded with the ACL magic. First I created a group for my wife and I, called 'aperture', in the Accounts preference pane. That was to simplify the ACLs (one entry instead of 2) and so that other users (son) aren't able to muck it up.
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Is it possible to run a script through active corners?

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Well, I'm looking for a means to activate a script through the active corners, I'm not asking any questions about the script itself, so I did not think it should be posted in the AppleScript categoriy, but sure, I'll give it a go.
(New thread in AppleScript: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2534773&tstart=0)
Message was edited by: Max Ocklind

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I had two; the first was set for AV Chat Started which changed the Status Message and the Input and Output volumes and the second for AV Chat Ended which said I had been busy but was no longer and changed the volume back.
I would have to run these as External Scripts (not set in the option you describe) but I have not down this yet.
I don't think the current option can be set to anything other than Message Received and you want to do things to the Status Message before then, control be an event in another app.
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