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Re: Using GUI Scripting to set window positions
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Re: Using GUI Scripting to set window positions


  • Subject: Re: Using GUI Scripting to set window positions
  • From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:48:47 -0400

on 2004-04-17 3:21 PM, Jim Witte at email@hidden wrote:

> Can GUI be used to set window positions?

GUI Scripting should be able to, and it used to be able to, but it currently
cannot. The wiring is all there in the Accessibility API, but GUI Scripting
just doesn't do it.

If the target application is itself scriptable, you may be able to set its
window positions using its own commands.

--

Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA
http://www.quecheesoftware.com

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