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Re: UI Scripting, Safari and text field
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Re: UI Scripting, Safari and text field


  • Subject: Re: UI Scripting, Safari and text field
  • From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:52:20 -0500

on 2004-01-09 10:20 AM, Timothy K. Wilkinson at email@hidden wrote:

> I'm using GUI scripting because I've never JavaScripted in my life and don't
> have the time at the moment to learn it.

The people who have suggested using the 'do JavaScript' command are correct.

As a general rule, GUI Scripting should always be a last resort. If the
target application is itself scriptable and supports commands that do what
you want to do, it is almost certain to be a cleaner and faster solution.

--

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

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