Re: GUI Scripting requierments
Re: GUI Scripting requierments
- Subject: Re: GUI Scripting requierments
- From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:42:30 -0700
On Apr 10, 2006, at 5:30 AM, patrick machielse wrote:
I have a question about GUI scripting; is there a document that
outlines the requirements for applications to support GUI scripting?
I've noticed that some programs won't support it. The only mention
I've come across on apple.com says that GUI Scripting works on
'most non-Classic' programs.
Obviously, some non-Classic programs don't support it, but which ones?
Some Java apps, some Carbon apps, some QTApps?
Essentially, the application has to be "accessibility-aware". GUI
scripting works using the same hooks that all the other accessibility
technologies -- such as full keyboard navigation and VoiceOver --
use. Exactly what you have to do to support these hooks depends on
how you write your application, but there's a broad outline at
<http://developer.apple.com/referencelibrary/GettingStarted/
GS_Accessibility/>. The short answer is that if an application uses
all standard controls (buttons, checkboxes, etc.), then it's all
taken care of for them. If they roll their own controls, then they
have to do some work to make them accessible.
--Chris Nebel
AppleScript and Automator Engineering
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