[Pythonmac-SIG] Modifying table cell content with python-appscript

[has]

On 24 Nov 2008, at 22:46, Sven A. Schmidt wrote:

>> OK. Can you also try the same commands in AppleScript to check if  
>> it works there or not. Something like:
>>
>> tell app "System Events"
>> 	tell process "Hourglass"
>> 		set value of text field 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 3 ¬
>> 			of splitter group 1 of window "Untitled"  to "<string>"
>> 		return value of text field 1 of row 1 of table 1 of scroll area 3 ¬
>> 			of splitter group 1 of window "Untitled"	
>> 	end
>> end
>
> Same behavior as with appscript:
>
> "unnamed customer"
>
> If I focus the field manually (make it editable) and run the script  
> it changes the string and returns "<string>". If I then click  
> outside the cell and make it non-editable again the value returns to  
> "unnamed customer". This is consistent with its behavior in my  
> appscript. I must be missing something very obvious or is it just  
> not possible in this way to modify table view cells in this way?
>
> Thanks for looking into this, I appreciate it a lot!


No problem. I'm afraid I still don't have an answer for you, but at  
least that rules out appscript as a possible cause. If you want to  
email me a copy of your app off-list I'll be happy to run some tests  
against it to see if I can come up with anything. Another thing you  
could do is post your question along (using the above AppleScript) on  
the appscript-users mailing list - you're bound to find some folks  
there with more GUI Scripting experience than me, and they might have  
some ideas as well.

HTH

has
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