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Re: Need help scripting System Prefs (Displays)
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Re: Need help scripting System Prefs (Displays)


  • Subject: Re: Need help scripting System Prefs (Displays)
  • From: Jamie Eastwood <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:45:39 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

Try this for starters.

tell application "System Events"
activate
end tell

tell application "System Preferences"
activate
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"
click menu item "Displays" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
end tell
end tell

tell application "System Events"
tell process "System Preferences"

tell window "iMac"
tell application "System Events"
click radio button "Display" of tab group 1 of window "iMac" of
process "System Preferences"
end tell
end tell

tell window "iMac"
tell application "System Events"

select row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of tab group 1
of window "iMac" of application process "System Preferences"

end tell
end tell

end tell
end tell

This script works for me, though you may need to change the name of the
window 'iMac' in 'System Preferences:Displays' to whatever your window
is called. Also depending on the resolutions that your display supports
you may be able to display a dialog and ask for 'default answer' and
then perform 'if statements' such as:

if result of default answer = 640 x 480 then

tell window "iMac"
tell application "System Events"

select row 2 of table 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of tab group 1
of window "iMac" of application process "System Preferences"

end tell
end tell

else

Cheers,

Jamie

On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 04:41 pm, Jonathan M. Rubin wrote:

> I am trying to write 2 different scripts to change the Sound Output
> and the
> Display Resolution.
>
>
> I have used the UI Inspector to just about figure them out, but I'm
> stuck on
> one thing--how do I select an item in a text filed? UI Inspector says
> that
> the list of Resolutions as well as Sound Output choices are text
> fields. How
> do I script selecting the choice I want?
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