Launch app in background

When an application launches, its window comes the front, the menu is displayed, and it steals the keyboard input. Is there a way I can tell this program to run in the background?
I'm looking for something like the AppleScript command - set visible of process "App" to false;

Actually, my account's ability to bug report is corrupted. I used to get this nice page - http://imgur.com/kEd0o.png. After talking to Apple about it, I got this in an email a few months back:
"Apple Developer Bug Reporting:
Follow-up: 82804304
Hello Ryan,
Unfortunately I am unable to locate you in the directory to reset your account. At this point I will have to refer you to our DevPrograms Dept. for further assistance.
I do apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
E-mail to [email protected]
Web form at http://developer.apple.com/contact/
A list of telephone numbers has been provided at: http://developer.apple.com/contact/phone.html"
I never followed up with the DevPrograms Dept. Seems like a lot of work to try to convince someone at Apple to add friggin Delete button to the forum.
Getting off topic.
In your 5,000+ posts of wisdom, have you encountered a way to launch an app in the bkg?

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