Re: UI Scripting PowerMail
Re: UI Scripting PowerMail
- Subject: Re: UI Scripting PowerMail
- From: "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:34:13 +1000
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:28:01 +0200, Mikael Byström wrote:
>I'm trying to set the search value of the search window of Email
>application PowerMail. There is no support in the PowerMail dictionary as
>far as I can see so I have to use UI scripting.
>I have a hard time identifying the objectname of the search value line,
>however. It's inside "grow area 1 of window "Search" of application
>process "PowerMail" ", but the clues stops there.
Whatever clues you are following, they have misled you; grow area 1 of
window "Search messages" is the bottom right corner where you drag to
resize the window.
>With one line visible
>the UI elements available for the window are 6 buttons, 4 popupbuttons ,
>4 radio buttons, 3 static text areas and 1 group area. Some of which are
>placed inside what I believe to be "grow area 1". But no dynamic text area.
>
>I want to be able to set or type a new value on this line and conduct a
>search with it.
I think you're out of luck -- it looks like it's the only element not
accessible.
>
>Are there easier solutions for identifying and getting UI references?
See Bill Cheeseman's message, although I think his suggestion that there
are two useable tools is overly gracious.
>Or is what I want not possible with UI scripting?
It looks that way -- but just finding that out is a lot easier with the
right tool.
--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
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