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Re: OT: Applescript help
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Re: OT: Applescript help


  • Subject: Re: OT: Applescript help
  • From: Mark Lively <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:19:21 -0500

On 2/9/06, Jason T. Slack <email@hidden> wrote:
> How can I tell AppleScript to click a button?
>
> I have the following snippet:
>
> tell application "System Preferences"
>         activate
>         set current pane to pane "com.apple.preference.energysaver"
>
>         tell application "System Events"
>                 tell process "System Preferences"
>                         tell window "Energy Saver"
>
>                                 set theButton to the button "Schedule..."
>                                 click theButton
>
>                         end tell
>                 end tell
>         end tell
> end tell
>
> But it does not like the set theButton Line.
>
> Any thoughts?

the following works for me

tell application "System Events"
	tell process "System Preferences"
		click button "Schedule..." of window "energy saver"
	end tell
end tell

Yours works as well.

10.4.4 here.  Not sure why it wouldn't work.

-Mark
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