As the function DUPLICATE refuse to duplicate a sheet, I tried to use GUI scripting.
With this script:
--[SCRIPT]
set mySheet to "Name1"
tell application "Numbers" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is "Numbers")
tell window 1 to tell splitter group 1 to tell splitter group 1 to tell scroll area 1 to tell outline 1
get properties of UI elements
set nbr to get count of rows
set sheetPos to {0, 0}
repeat with r from 1 to nbr
tell static text 1 of row r
if value is mySheet then
set sheetPos to position
exit repeat
end if
end tell -- static text 1 of row r
end repeat
if sheetPos is {0, 0} then error "the "" & mySheet & "" is missing ! "
--click static text 1 of row r
set value of attribute "AXFocused" of static text 1 of row r to true
delay 0.1
click static text 1 of row r
--keystroke "d" using {command down}
end tell -- outline .
end tell
--[/SCRIPT]
I am able to put the focus on the thumbnails dedicated to the sheet whose name is defined by mySheet.
Alas after that, the menu Duplicate remains grayed so I can’t apply the keystroke command to duplicate the sheet.
Is one of you able to tell what is wrong ?
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE vendredi 20 février 2009 22:41:21)
Thanks
but you read too fast.
I’m not trying to duplicate a table but a sheet. 
And of course as the goal is to create 60 copies of the original sheet, triggering the name by hand is not an option.
Oops, I was fooled by the fact that you named the variable “aTable”.
In fact it duplicate perfectly the sheet.
THANKS.
But
is there a way to get rid of the requirement: an item must be already selected in the thumbnails area ?
When the selection is in the main window the script’ log states
get focused of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 of process 1 whose title = “Numbers”
false
set focused of outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1 of process 1 whose title = “Numbers” to true
"the “theSheet” is missing ! "
So, I made some changes and now it works.
--=====
property theApp : "Numbers"
--=====
my duplicateSheet("theSheet", "Clément")
my duplicateTable("Feuille 1", "Tableau 2", "La Joconde")
--=====
on duplicateSheet(sourceSheet, newName)
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell document 1 to set lesFeuilles1 to name of sheets
end tell
if sourceSheet is not in lesFeuilles1 then
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is missing ! "
end if
end if
(*
Calculates the index of the source sheet name in the thumbnails area.
A sheet may have the same name than a table *)
if newName is not in lesFeuilles1 then
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
set indx to 0
repeat with s from 1 to count of lesFeuilles1
set indx to indx + 1
set nSheet to item s of lesFeuilles1
if nSheet is sourceSheet then
exit repeat
else
set indx to indx + (count of tables of sheet nSheet)
end if
end repeat
end tell (*
here indx is the index of the source sheet in the list of rows *)
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is "Numbers")
tell outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
select row 1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" to true
select row indx
end tell
keystroke "d" using command down
end tell
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
set lesFeuilles2 to name of sheets
repeat with f in lesFeuilles2
if f is not in lesFeuilles1 then
set name of sheet f to newName
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
end if -- newName is not
end duplicateSheet
--=====
on duplicateTable(sourceSheet, sourceTable, newName)
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell document 1
set lesFeuilles1 to name of sheets
if sourceSheet is in lesFeuilles1 then
tell sheet sourceSheet to set lesTables1 to name of tables
if sourceTable is not in lesTables1 then
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La table "" & sourceTable & "" de la feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceTable & "" of sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is missing ! "
end if
end if -- sourceTable is not
else
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is missing ! "
end if
end if -- sourceSheet is in
end tell -- document
end tell -- application
(*
Calculates the index of the source table name in the thumbnails area.
A sheet may have the same name than a table *)
if newName is not in lesTables1 then
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
set indx to 0
set found to false
repeat with s from 1 to count of lesFeuilles1
set indx to indx + 1 (* add the sheet's row *)
set nSheet to item s of lesFeuilles1
if nSheet is sourceSheet then
repeat with t from 1 to count of lesTables1
set indx to indx + 1 (* add the table's row *)
if item t of lesTables1 = sourceTable then
set found to true
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
else
set indx to indx + (count of tables of sheet nSheet) (* add every rows of the sheet *)
end if
if found then exit repeat
end repeat
end tell (*
here indx is the index of the source table in the list of rows *)
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is "Numbers")
tell outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
select row 1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" to true
select row indx
end tell
keystroke "d" using command down
end tell
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1 to tell sheet sourceSheet
set lesTables2 to name of tables
repeat with t in lesTables2
if t is not in lesTables1 then
set name of table t to newName
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
end if -- newName is not
end duplicateTable
--=====
on parleFrancais()
local z
try
tell application theApp to set z to localized string "Cancel"
on error
set z to "Cancel"
end try
return (z = "Annuler")
end parleFrancais
--=====
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE samedi 21 février 2009 11:33:04)
The late script assumed that every sheet was ‘expanded’ in the thumbnails area.
Here is an enhanced version which requires that only for the sheet containing the table to be duplicated.
--[SCRIPT duplicate Sheet and Table]
(*
CAUTION:
the sheet containing the table to be duplicated MUST be 'expanded' !
Yvan KOENIG (Vallauris, FRANCE)
21 février 2009
*)
--=====
property theApp : "Numbers"
--=====
my duplicateSheet("theSheet", "Clément")
my duplicateTable("Feuille 1", "Tableau 2", "La Joconde")
--=====
on duplicateSheet(sourceSheet, newName)
local lesFeuilles1, listOfRows, i, itmI, lesFeuilles2
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell document 1 to set lesFeuilles1 to name of sheets
end tell -- Numbers
if sourceSheet is not in lesFeuilles1 then
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is unavailable ! "
end if -- my parleFrancais
end if -- sourceSheet
if newName is not in lesFeuilles1 then
(*
Now, an ugly workaround to duplicate the sheet *)
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is "Numbers")
tell outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
select row 1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" to true
set listOfRows to name of static text of every row
repeat with i from 1 to count of listOfRows (*
We know that there is a sheet named sourceSheet
but maybe there is a table with the same name.
We check that we are really pointing the sheet item. *)
set itmI to item 1 of item i of listOfRows
if (itmI = sourceSheet) and my isItAsheet(itmI) then
select row i
exit repeat
end if -- my isItAsheet.
end repeat
end tell -- outline
keystroke "d" using command down
end tell -- application
(*
Rename the new sheet according to the passed name: newName *)
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
set lesFeuilles2 to name of sheets
repeat with i in lesFeuilles2
if i is not in lesFeuilles1 then (*
Here i is the name of the newly created sheet *)
set name of sheet i to newName
exit repeat
end if -- i is not.
end repeat
end tell -- document 1 of Numbers
end if -- newName is not.
end duplicateSheet
--=====
on duplicateTable(sourceSheet, sourceTable, newName)
local lesFeuilles, lesTables1, found, listOfRows, cor, i, nameI, j, lesTables2
tell application "Numbers"
activate
tell document 1
set lesFeuilles to name of sheets
if sourceSheet is in lesFeuilles then
tell sheet sourceSheet to set lesTables1 to name of tables
if sourceTable is not in lesTables1 then
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La table "" & sourceTable & "" de la feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceTable & "" of sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is unavailable ! "
end if
end if -- sourceTable is not
else
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La feuille "" & sourceSheet & "" n'existe pas ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceSheet & "" is unavailable ! "
end if
end if -- sourceSheet is in
end tell -- document
end tell -- application
if newName is not in lesTables1 then
tell application "System Events" to tell (first process whose title is "Numbers")
tell outline 1 of scroll area 1 of splitter group 1 of splitter group 1 of window 1
select row 1
set value of attribute "AXFocused" to true
set found to false
set listOfRows to name of static text of every row (* CAUTION, it's a list of lists !
{{"Feuille 2"}, {"Tableau 1"}, {"theSheet"}, {"Feuille 1"}, {"Tableau 2"}, {"Clément"}, {"Feuille 4"}} *)
set cor to count of listOfRows
repeat with i from 1 to cor (*
Scan the thumbnails *)
set nameI to (item 1 of item i of listOfRows)
if (sourceSheet = nameI) and my isItAsheet(nameI) then (*
Here we reached the thumbnail of sourceSheet *)
if (i < cor) and not my isItAsheet(item 1 of item (i + 1) of listOfRows) then (*
Here we may scan the thumbnails of tables of sourceSheet *)
repeat with j from i + 1 to i + (count of lesTables1)
if sourceTable = item 1 of item j of listOfRows then
select row j
set found to true
exit repeat
end if -- sourceTable
end repeat
else
if my parleFrancais() then
error "La table "" & sourceTable & "" de la feuille "" & sourceSheet & """ & return & " n'est pas affichée dans les vignettes ! "
else
error "The sheet "" & sourceTable & "" of sheet "" & sourceSheet & """ & return & " is not revealed in thumbnails ! "
end if -- my parleFrancais
end if -- i < .
end if -- (sourceSheet =
if found then exit repeat
end repeat -- i
end tell -- outline .
keystroke "d" using command down
end tell -- System Events.
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1 to tell sheet sourceSheet
set lesTables2 to name of tables
repeat with i in lesTables2
if i is not in lesTables1 then (*
Here i is the name of the newly created table *)
set name of table i to newName
exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
end if -- newName is not.
end duplicateTable
--=====
on isItAsheet(s)
try
tell application "Numbers" to tell document 1
count of tables of sheet s (*
Post an error if s is not a sheet *)
end tell
return true
on error
return false
end try
end isItAsheet
--=====
on parleFrancais()
local z
try
tell application theApp to set z to localized string "Cancel"
on error
set z to "Cancel"
end try
return (z = "Annuler")
end parleFrancais
--=====
--[/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 23 février 2009 15:42:46)