Re: [Newbie] MS Excel GUI and Applescript
Re: [Newbie] MS Excel GUI and Applescript
- Subject: Re: [Newbie] MS Excel GUI and Applescript
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:01:30 -0800
On 3/27/03 8:05 AM, "Bill Cheeseman" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Is MS Excel GUI scriptable using System Events ?
>
> I can not simulate clicks on XL menu items and UI Element Inspector does not
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> react with MS Excel.
>
>
PreFab UI Browser doesn't recognize UI elements in Excel, either. One must
>
conclude that Excel does not support accessibility.
On the other hand, Excel is very scriptable, with hundreds of terms in its
dictionary. Unfortunately the dictionary explains nothing at all, so it's
hard to figure out what to do. (Tip: if you go to the VB Editor Help, you
can check for similarly-named terms there: they're close to identical, and
the Help is really excellent at explanations. Then use AppleScript syntax
back in AS.) I'm sure you could script Excel to do what you want without the
need of UI scripting.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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