Re: GUI applescripting FreeHand MX
Re: GUI applescripting FreeHand MX
- Subject: Re: GUI applescripting FreeHand MX
- From: Andrew Bush <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:19:24 +1300
wow, thanks brett. that solves my problem beautifully :)
Hi Andrew,
You are experiencing the same frustrations I've been beating my head
silly over for the past few months.
I haven't as yet found a solution to clicking those pesky tabs but I
have a workaround that is at least getting the scripts functioning
reasonably well for me.
Here's what I've done... Use FreeHand's "Print Settings" (click the
plus sign at top right of the "Print Setup" window in the Advanced
button then name the setting) to set up all of the print options you
want (crops, rego, separations, etc). You can even specify a page size
preset (eg. A4/A3/Letter etc.). Then you choose the appropriate Print
Setting from the main Print window, without having to even click on
the advanced tab and go into the Print Setup window. This may be all
you need to get you on your way. However, there is one possible
glitch. If you aren't using preset paper sizes (eg. A4/A3/Letter etc)
or someone has previously chosen "Custom" size in the Paper Setup tab
for that document, the "Print Setting" that was chosen by the script
will have no control over changing the paper size to A4 or A3 or
ANYTHING, it just remains "Custom". In my case sometimes our designers
print to our Xerox and uses preset paper sizes and other times they
create custom size PDF's for client approval throughout the production
process so this becomes a problem for us.
This is where you then have to get the script to go into FreeHand's
Advanced button to the "Print Setup" window and click on the Paper
Setup tab... and of course nothing is working to get this tab to
select… as you have found.
My workaround for this basically consists of a test for a specific
"element" inside the Paper Setup tab that I can poll for its
existence. If it is not there I added a repeat that gets the computer
to speak to the user requesting that they click on the "Paper Setup"
tab. This does, unfortunately, stop the script from automatically
flowing, requiring user intervention, but once the tab is pressed the
existence of the "element" can be validated and the script continues
on and does its thing.
The good thing from here is the next time the script is run and the
print dialog is invoked the Paper Setup tab should still be active and
the script can do what it needs to do without user intervention.
Here's the snippet of my full script that does what I described above
(inside a System Events tell):
-- Enter FHs Advanced window
click button "Advanced..." of UI
element 1 of UI element UIV1 of window "Print"
repeat -- Wait until "Print Setup"
window appears
if (exists window "Print
Setup") then
exit repeat
else
delay 0.1
end if
end repeat
repeat --Select "Paper Setup" tab
if (exists checkbox
"Transverse" of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of window "Print Setup")
then
exit repeat
else
beep 3
say "Please select the
Paper Setup tab."
end if
end repeat
if PaperSize is "A4" then
click pop up button 1 of UI
element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of window "Print Setup" --
Paper Size menu
delay 0.1
click menu item "A4" of menu
of pop up button 1 of UI element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of
window "Print Setup"
else if PaperSize is "A3" then
click pop up button 1 of UI
element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of window "Print Setup" --
Paper Size menu
delay 0.1
click menu item "A3" of menu
of pop up button 1 of UI element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of
window "Print Setup"
else
click pop up button 1 of UI
element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of window "Print Setup" --
Paper Size menu
delay 0.1
click menu item "A4" of menu
of pop up button 1 of UI element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of
window "Print Setup"
delay 0.1
click pop up button 1 of UI
element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element 2 of window "Print Setup"
delay 0.1
click menu item "Custom" of
menu of pop up button 1 of UI element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element
2 of window "Print Setup"
delay 0.1
set Height to get round
((value of text field 1 of UI element 5 of UI element 1 of UI element
2 of window "Print Setup") as number) rounding to nearest
set newHeight to (Height + 20)
as text
keystroke tab
keystroke tab
keystroke "a" using {command
down}
repeat with aChar in
characters of newHeight
keystroke aChar --Type
in new height
delay 0.1
end repeat
keystroke return
end if
Of course, at the end it references a prompt asked earlier about what
paper size the user wants but basically that should help you some.
If you do ever find a way of clicking those tabs please share it with
the list! 8-}
Regards,
Cojcolds
Andrew Bush <email@hidden>
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GUI applescripting FreeHand MX
Hi all,
ok, in FreeHand, when you are in the print dialog you can choose
FreeHand MX in the popup and then click on the 'Advanced' button and
you get a separate 'Print Setup' window.
phew.
On that print setup window there are 3 'tabs' on the right hand side,
if you click on the third one you get a set of options that I need
access to.
<snipped>
Yours cheerfully,
Andrew Bush
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