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Re: UI Scripting flaking out on simple tasks

on 2003-12-30 7:10 PM, Henrik Boes at email@hidden wrote:

> I am trying (still) to get a handle on GUI scripting and am finding
> myself moving backwards, not forwards. Below is the simple script I'm
> testing:
>
> tell application "TextEdit" to activate
> tell application "System Events"
> if UI elements enabled then
> click menu item "New" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File" of menu
> bar 1 of application "TextEdit"
> else ....

You left out the required inner tell block. After activating TextEdit, you
must then tell application "System Events" to 'tell process "TextEdit"' to
do things. Notice that it is 'process "TextEdit"', not 'application
"TextEdit"', in the inner tell block. Like so (watch out for line wrap):

tell application "TextEdit" to activate
tell application "System Events"
if UI element enabled then
tell process "TextEdit"
click menu item "New" of menu "File" of menu bar item "File"
of menu bar 1
....

--

Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
http://www.quecheesoftware.com

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