RE: Javascript wrapper for Applescript
RE: Javascript wrapper for Applescript
- Subject: RE: Javascript wrapper for Applescript
- From: Dennis Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:55:25 -0500
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From: David Andrews
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Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2004 8:00 PM
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To: AppleScript
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Subject: Re: Javascript wrapper for Applescript
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On Jun 9, 2004, at 7:37 AM, Dennis Cox wrote:
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>> From: David Andrews
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:30 PM
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>> To: email@hidden
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>> Subject: Javascript wrapper for Applescript
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>> BTW: When the script runs, the RealOne Play window reverts to its
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>> default size. Is there a way to tell it, using System Events, to "Zoom
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>> Window" in the "Window" menu so that it goes back to its former size?
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>> Everything I've tried gives "AppleScript Error, System Events got an
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>> error: NSReceiverEvaluaionScriptError: 4"
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> As for your second question, did you try this? Watch the breaks, the
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> click
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> menu ... menu bar 1 command should be on one line.
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> tell application "RealOne Player" to activate --to get the right menu
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> tell
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> tell process "RealOne Player"
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> click menu item "Zoom" of menu "Window" of menu bar item
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"Window" of
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> menu bar 1
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> end tell
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> end tell
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> end
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Yes, I tried it and get the above error, in fact, I've tried it for
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Mail and Address Book and get the same error with those apps as well --
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so what gives? (I also tried "Zoom Window" in place of "Zoom" in
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RealOne Player since that is how it appears in the "Window" menu of
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that app.)
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Yes, I don't have Real so I don't know how the menus look. The script works
for me in both.
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I'm running MacOS 10.3.4, Script Editor 2.0 (v4.3), AppleScript 1.9.3.
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Me too.
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I can tell application "System Events"
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tell process "RealOne Player"
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keystroke " " -- the space key toggles the
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pause/play button
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which works just fine.
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Hmm, "Enable access for assistive devices" is not checked in the Universal
Access pref pane? keystroke works without "Enable access..." checked, but
anything that would involve using a mouse would be disabled.
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Unfortunately, there is no keystroke for the "Zoom Window" menu item,
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so I added one.
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How fortunate... :-)
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How do I "keystroke" a Command-Shift-z?
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keystroke "z" using {command down, shift down}
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keystroke "Z" using command down
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Or, perhaps if I could tell System Events to click the green (+) button
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on the RealOne Player window (which would also zoom the window), how
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would I do that?
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Don't go there! :-)
Dennis
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