Santa
May 8, 2007, 11:49am
#1
G’day scripters.
Can anyone recommend a good book, and/or web tutorials on GUI scripting?
I don’t know where to begin, and it looks like I’m going to have to do a fair bit of it.
Thanks, & regards
Santa
Model: G5 1.8 GHz
AppleScript: 2.1.1
Browser: Safari 419.3
Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4)
Everything I’ve know about GUI scripting was from reading posts here and experimenting, so thats what I would recommend. I also suggest purchasing a copy of PreFab’s UI Browser.
Happy Scripting
Santa
May 8, 2007, 1:39pm
#3
Thanks James. Just the thing.
In case anyone’s wondering what Jasmes is referring to, go to http://prefabsoftware.com/uibrowser/
I have 3 recommendations
avoid it whenever possible
2 if you absolutely MUST if there is no other way around it here is tool i found helpful http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/UIElementInspector/index.html
delay is your friend
good luck and my the force be with you
mm
If it’s System Preferences you want to GUI script, then “AppleScript Tutorial on Scripting System Preferences ” by Kai Edwards, is essential reading.