Re: Why is System Events Badly Crippled?
Re: Why is System Events Badly Crippled?
- Subject: Re: Why is System Events Badly Crippled?
- From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 20:30:04 +0100
Jonathan Levi wrote on Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:34:25 -0400 (EDT):
>System Events has been largely unresponsive for months. About the only
>thing that seems to work is the "keystroke" command. But a simple script
>like
>
>tell application "Mail" to activate
>tell application "System Events" to tell process "Mail.app"
> windows--There's an open window
>end tell
>
>get only {}; same if I ask for menu bars.
>
>Using a PowerBook G4, Mac OS X 10.4.11. I have had to reinstall the
system
>in the past: Have I omitted a component?
Besides what Michelle's said, you should check that "Enable access for
assistive devices" is checked in System Preferences's "Universal Access"
pane.
NG
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