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On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Christopher Stone wrote:

On Jun 08, 2011, at 08:27, Robert Poland wrote:
I have this script that opens select GraphicConverter 7.X tool windows, positions them and sets their size.
This script is called from the Scripts menu of GraphicConverter.
If this script is run from Smile or ApplescriptEditor it works fine.
But when called from GraphicConverter it gets an error, "System Events got an error: Can’t set window "Tools" of process "GraphicConverter" to {2343, 24}.".
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Hey Bob,

I've been fiddling with your script, and I've got something that works reliably on my machine from the GraphicConverter Scripts Menu.

on moveToolsWindow(toolPalettePosition)
try
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "k" using command down
delay 0.01
-- Position Toolbox
tell process "GraphicConverter" to tell window "Tools"
set position to toolPalettePosition
end tell
end tell
end try
end moveToolsWindow

tell application "Finder" to set {fleftSide, fTopSide, fRightSide, fBottomSide} to bounds of window of desktop
set screen_Top_Right to {fRightSide - 65, fTopSide + 22}

with timeout of 0.02 seconds
tell application "GraphicConverter"
try
if window 1 exists then
tell window 1 -- main
hide tools -- need GC 4.4.1b or later
set window_Top_Right to {item 3, item 2} of (get bounds)
-- Enable to move tool palette to right side of picture window 1
moveToolsWindow(window_Top_Right) of me
-- Enable to move tool palette to right side of screen:
-- moveToolsWindow(screen_Top_Right) of me
end tell
else
beep
end if
on error errMsg number errNum
beep
display dialog "Error: " & errMsg & return & "Error Number: " & errNum
end try
end tell
end timeout

It still produces an error, but I'm trapping that and letting it go without action.

I consider this a kludge rather than a real solution, but it does work. Perhaps it can be done with a more finesse using UI-Scripting, but I haven't looked very far into that as yet.

Bob. You'll have to forward this to GcMac for me. I've renewed my membership, but it hasn't been confirmed yet.

** THORSTEN: GraphicConverter 7.2 Applescript: 'hide tools' works fine, but 'show tools' does not work at all. It would also be nice if the tools palette had native properties like position and visible. Like Bob I often find myself wanting to position it precisely, although I usually stick it on the right side of my screen.

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Best Regards,
Chris

Robert Poland - Fort Collins, CO

References:
	>Scripting problem with GraphicConverter (From: Robert Poland <email@hidden>)
	>Re: Scripting problem with GraphicConverter (From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>)