Applescript 2.0 for Pages

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#1

Hi

I was trying to make an Applescript for Pages in order to automate the process of exporting a document into a Word compatible one.

The problem is that I just don’t know how to script on 2.0 and the old commands just don’t work.

So far I had

Tell application “Pages” to activate
set frontmost to true
click menu item “Export.” of menu 1 of menu bar item “File” of menu bar 1 and click button “PDF” of radio group 1 of sheet 1 of window 1
click button “Next…” of sheet 1 of window 1
click button “Export” of sheet 1 of window 1
end tell

but I get a lot of errors.

If anyone here knows how to make this work with a key shortcut it would be great.

Thanks

Model: Macbook Pro 2.33 Ghz C2D with 2GB RAM
AppleScript: 2.0
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Operating System: Mac OS X (10.5)

#2

You’re attempting to GUI script Pages directly. You have to

tell application "System Events" to tell process "Pages"
activate
Click menu ...
etc.
end tell
#3

Wait, I almost got it :slight_smile:
wait for an update on my post

#4

Hi,

sorry, this cannot work at all
¢ the form tell application “xyz” to [command] is used for an one-liner
¢ the application should be activated before targeting System Events
¢ some delays must be performed to wait for certain UI elements

try this


activate application "Pages"
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Pages"
	click menu item "Export." of menu 1 of menu bar item "File" of menu bar 1
	repeat until exists sheet 1 of window 1
		delay 0.5
	end repeat
	tell sheet 1 of window 1
		perform action "AXPress" of checkbox "PDF" of radio group 1
		click button "Next..."
		repeat until exists button "Export"
			delay 0.5
		end repeat
		click button "Export"
	end tell
end tell
#5

Ok, here it is

If you want Pages to Export to Word via a Scriptlet use this one

tell application “Pages”
activate
end tell
tell application “System Events”
with timeout of 300 seconds – 5 minutes
tell process “Pages”
tell menu bar 1
click menu item 13 of menu 3
end tell
repeat until sheet 1 of window 1 exists
end repeat

		tell sheet 1 of window 1
			tell radio group 1
				click checkbox "Word"
			end tell
			click button 1
		end tell
	end tell
	
end timeout

end tell

you can change “Word” to “PDF”, “RTF”, “Plain Text”

And that’s it. The only thing that I need to know is how to make this script work with a key shortcut under pages. I already saved the script with \scS.script but when I am running Pages, I put the shortcut and it doesn’t work. Any help will be appreciated

#6

hehe, thanks StefanK, seems that if I had checked the forum earlier, I would have found your reply and saved me like 45 mins. :slight_smile:

Well, it still encouraged me to work on it and make my own script :slight_smile:

Thanks anyways