[Pythonmac-SIG] Applescript equivalent in appscript

Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka rajanikanth at gmail.com
Sun Jun 8 00:46:15 CEST 2008


Thanks a lot for the links Jordan. Could you tell me why there is a
"u" before some names in appscript

for example:
menus[u'Apple']


Thanks,

Raj

On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Jordan Baker <hexsprite at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7-Jun-08, at 3:14 PM, Daniel Lord wrote:
>>
>> On Jun 7, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka wrote:
>>
>>> Suppose the application pops up a window while its running and gives
>>> me two choices: Ok or Cancel
>>> how can I tell it to select the Ok option always?
>>
>> I don't have time to work up a demo right now, but you should be able to
>> use System Events:
>>
>> Apple info: http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/
>
> Here's a blog post that has a Python example you can use:
>
> http://hexsprite.blogspot.com/2008/03/testing-osx-applications-with-python.html
>
> Heres some random snippets of code from a test that may or may not be useful
> that manipulate a file open dialog.
>
>       myapp.windows['Choose a Folder'].sheets[1].buttons['Go'].click()
>       myapp.windows['Choose a Folder'].buttons['Choose'].click()
>
> Have fun,
>
> -jordan (hexsprite)
>



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but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the
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Rajanikanth


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