Access main window of other Applications
Access main window of other Applications
- Subject: Access main window of other Applications
- From: Florian Pilz <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:01:26 +0200
Hi there!
I'm looking for an easy way to access the main window of another
Application, thus not my own. (The key window would be fine as well,
if that is easier.)
I already searched via Google to solve this task and I found the
following solutions:
* use AppleScript to perform this task and integrate it into the
Objective-C/Cocoa App with a Wrapper class, i.e. NSAppleScript
* use Quartz Window Services
* use the NSAccessibility Protocol
All three solution don't satisfy me, because a) I wanted to perform
the task in Objective-C (not AppleScript), b) the Quartz API looks
complicated and inappropriate (maybe I'm wrong - feel free to correct
me) and c) I couldn't find any examples on using the NSAccessibility
protocol to retrieve the main window, not mentioning the discomfort
that the user may activate access to accessibility features first.
As you may have guessed, I'm new to Cocoa & Objective-C. I'm here to
learn, so I am very open to corrections.
Thanks in advance for any hints, corrections, solutions or arguments,
why one of the solutions above is in the fact a good solution.
Best wishes
Florian
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