[ANN] PreFab UI Browser
[ANN] PreFab UI Browser
- Subject: [ANN] PreFab UI Browser
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 16:19:11 -0500
PreFab Software, Inc. is pleased to announce UI Browser, a utility to help
scripters write user interface scripts using Apple's new "GUI Scripting"
technology for Mac OS X version 10.2.3. PreFab has unrivaled experience in
scripting the GUI, shipping PreFab Player since 1994. For this OS X
product, PreFab joined forces with well-known AppleScript and Cocoa guru
Bill Cheeseman to bring you a utility that makes GUI Scripting easy.
GUI Scripting (
http://www.apple.com/applescript/GUI/) is a powerful and
exciting new Apple technology enabling scripters to control most non-Classic
Mac applications by manipulating their menus, buttons, and other user
interface elements. While currently available only to developers in a beta
version, the final version of Apple's GUI Scripting will be incorporated
into a future release of Mac OS X. There, it will bring to all users of Mac
OS X the same type of universal application control that PreFab Player
brought to Mac OS 7, 8, and 9.
While GUI Scripting is powerful, many early adopters are complaining that it
is difficult to find and use the individual user interface elements that a
GUI script must target in order to control an application. In addition, many
applications use custom user interface elements that aren't yet available to
GUI scripts, or that are located in a nonstandard containment hierarchy.
Although Apple's example scripts illustrate how to use GUI Scripting itself
to hunt down and test usable targets, this technique is cumbersome,
requiring custom scripts to explore every potential target.
PreFab UI Browser makes GUI Scripting easy! Using a familiar browser
interface similar to the OS X Finder's column view, UI Browser lets you
navigate up, down, and sideways in the user interface tree of any and all
Mac OS X applications that are accessible to GUI Scripting. You can see at a
glance what user interface elements are available in an application and
where they are situated in the UI element tree, no matter how deeply nested.
You can also set and reset any properties that are modifiable, right from UI
Browser -- no scripting required!
UI Browser is based on the same underlying accessibility technology that
powers GUI Scripting itself. It makes an ideal tool for exploring the
coverage and functionality of GUI Scripting.
UI Browser 1.0 will ship in about two weeks. Normally priced at $39.95,
PreFab will offer an introductory price of $24.95 for a limited time.
Version 1.0 will run under Mac OS X Jaguar versions 10.2.0 thru 10.2.3,
though Apple's GUI Scripting requires at least Mac OS X 10.2.3.
Stay tuned for further announcements when screenshots and additional details
are posted to PreFab's Web site.
Scott Lawton & Bill Cheeseman
PreFab Software, Inc.
http://www.prefab.com/
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