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Re: Window watcher


  • Subject: Re: Window watcher
  • From: Michael Wood <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 18:46:36 +0200

Hi

On 1 November 2010 22:05, Stockly, Ed <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 11/1/10 9:00 AM, "Michael Wood" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>> This can be done using system events and GUI scripting for most applications.
>>
>> Thanks for the answer.  The GUI scripting is not the problem.  Where
>> do I find out about using system events to watch for some sort of
>> "dialog box has popped up" event?
>
> GUI Scripting is part of the solution to the problem...

Yes, what I meant was that I know more or less how to do that part.
It's waiting for a window to pop up part that I didn't know how to do.

> Here's a handler I use that clears most of the OSX error dialogs that appear
> when a particular script is run.
>
> The script calls this handler when the idle handler is invoked, about once a
> minute.

Thanks for the example.

> That said, I plan to investigate the solution Bill suggested. It sounds like
> it may resolve an number of issues.

Yes, Bill's suggestion sounds good, but I haven't tried it yet.

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Michael Wood <email@hidden>
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