Re: trying to use keystroke
Re: trying to use keystroke
- Subject: Re: trying to use keystroke
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:36:29 -0500
on 03-10-29 3:47 PM, nick weldin at email@hidden wrote:
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I'm trying to use the keystroke command to send the delete key, btu
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can't get it to work.
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I can get it to send characters, and characters with modifiers, but
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the syntax for types of keys is eluding me.
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This script does not give a syntax error, but doesn't seem to do
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anything when it runs.
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tell application "System Events"
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get properties
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tell process "TextEdit"
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set frontmost to true
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end tell
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keystroke delete key
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end tell
Try 'keystroke (ASCII character 8)', courtesy of PreFab UI Browser.
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