Re: GUI scripting: is assistive device access enabled?
Re: GUI scripting: is assistive device access enabled?
- Subject: Re: GUI scripting: is assistive device access enabled?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 May 2003 17:14:46 -0700
On 5/1/03 4:40 PM, "Jeff Ganyard" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Hi Folks,
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I've been digging all thru the various prefs files and whatever other
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docs I can find to figure this out but have come up with nothing so far.
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How can I tell if the 'Enable access for assistive devices' setting is
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turned on?
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I haven't been able to find any pref or default that refers to it. And
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when I run a 'choose menu' command when the setting is off it just
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exits. So I can't look for an error...
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Any ideas? How can I confirm that a script using this stuff has
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succeeded or failed? or can I find out in advance if the script will be
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able to work?
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tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder" -- or some other process
try
get menu bar 1
on error
activate
beep
display dialog "You first need to enable access for assistive
devices in Universal Access System preferences." buttons {"Cancel"} default
button 1 with icon 0
end try
end tell
end tell
You can even open the correct pane in System prefs for them if you want to.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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