Re: Applescripting Eclipse using UI scripting not possible?
Re: Applescripting Eclipse using UI scripting not possible?
- Subject: Re: Applescripting Eclipse using UI scripting not possible?
- From: Bill Cheeseman <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:47:07 -0500
- Thread-topic: Applescripting Eclipse using UI scripting not possible?
on 2007-02-11 4:44 AM, Andrew Bush at email@hidden wrote:
> Ive been trying to use UI scripting to retrieve the name of the frontmost
> window in Eclipse, but have had no luck, should this be possible or does the
> UI scripting rely on assumptions that are unlikely to be true with a java
> application that is not written specifically for mac os x?
We haven't tested Java applications extensively with our GUI Scripting
product, PreFab UI Browser. But in general, a Java application that does not
use Apple Carbon or Cocoa code for its UI elements cannot respond to GUI
Scripting commands.
This is because GUI Sripting depends on the Accessibility API hooks that
Apple builds into all standard Carbon and Cocoa UI element code. If an
application's UI elements don't use that code, GUI Scripting has nothing to
hook into.
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Bill Cheeseman - email@hidden
PreFab Software, Inc. - prefabsoftware.com
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