Re: Accessing *other* applications' windows?
Re: Accessing *other* applications' windows?
- Subject: Re: Accessing *other* applications' windows?
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:25:32 -0500
- Thread-topic: Accessing *other* applications' windows?
on 2006-02-10 10:36 AM, Shon Frazier at email@hidden wrote:
> I want to control placement of another application's window(s). If
> the application was "mine" (i.e. I wrote it), this would be as easy
> as providing a scripting interface from the application. However,
> I'm interested in controlling *any* application's windows.
>
> I've checked most of the technologies/APIs I can think of without
> finding much information. Is this possible? Which API/Framework
> should provide what I'm looking for?
As others have said, you need to use Apple's official accessibility API.
It's intended for exactly this purpose. The documentation you need to review
is this: /Developer/ADC Reference Library/releasenotes/Accessibility.
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Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
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Vermont Recipes - http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/VermontRecipes
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