Re: Applescript commander acting strange.

A script workss the same in eeither. I suggest you join and ask the script question in this mailing list: applescript-us...@lists.apple.com On Mon, 7 Jun 2021, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > OK yes, but there is still a need for scripting to work consistently. > Best

Re: Applescript commander acting strange.

ourse one can always add commanders, but >> these end up being limited in the keys you can use. >> I know that with Automator one can create "quick actions" and then assign >> keyboard commands to them in system preferences >> So I fired up the automator tool,

Re: Applescript commander acting strange.

system preferences > So I fired up the automator tool, created a new quick action automation with > just a do AppleScript in it. > I then added in the AppleScript area the following code: > on run > tell application "VoiceOver" > tell commander >

Applescript commander acting strange.

that with Automator one can create "quick actions" and then assign keyboard commands to them in system preferences So I fired up the automator tool, created a new quick action automation with just a do AppleScript in it. I then added in the AppleScript area the following co

Applescript for Magic Trackpad Battery Status

The other day while looking at the trackpad preferences, I saw there is a battery status item. So that leads to the question, is there an Applescript for this, perhaps that could even be added to the code for the Mac battery? From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

I can make sure everything gets filled out correctly,. If I remember correctly, you are using this for presentation purposes, so you might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of current song? Or maybe even the simpletell Application "iTunes" to playIf anybody wants to exp

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

es that I can play from Apple Music so I can make sure everything gets > filled out correctly,. > > If I remember correctly, you are using this for presentation purposes, so you > might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of current > song? Or maybe even

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

rposes, so you might want some other functions available, perhaps pause at end of current song? Or maybe even the simple tell Application "iTunes" to play If anybody wants to explore the AppleScript handlers I would be glad to discuss. Best Wishes, Jonathan On 26 April 2017 at

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

I would prefer just having VO read out the song and artist. No dialogue needed. Des Delgadillo Reporter desdelgadi...@gmail.com (562) 652-3415 > On Apr 25, 2017, at 1:27 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

I'm not quite sure what you're asking here. Do you want the dialogue or did you want the output would you want to be able to have a choose? On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 3:02 PM Des Delgadillo wrote: > Thanks again for this. > I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

Thanks again for this. I’ve got it set up to work with a VO hot key, but how can I get it to display in a dialog box or to just read out the next song? Des Delgadillo Reporter desdelgadi...@gmail.com (562) 652-3415 > On Apr 24, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > >

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

If you put the script into script editor and click play you should get a dialog asking you to launch System Preferences. You need to go into the Security and Privacy panel then click on Privacy. In the Privacy tab is a table where one of the items is accessibility. You should see in the

Re: iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

Hi Jonathan, Sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for the script. Getting the song information in a dialogue box would be fine, it would even be ok if VO just read out the song title without displaying a dialogue. I have limited scripting knowledge but I will try to run this script

iTunes next song AppleScript via UI Scripting.

I have a preliminary version of this script working using the Accessibility API. What this means is that an administrator needs to authorize either the script editor application or an application created from the script in order for this script to run. Right now I have it use VoiceOver to

RE: Applescript

Hey Tim, That was my thought Also, -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Monday, 23 January 2017 5:03 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Applescript Hi, When you originally

RE: Applescript

10:41 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Applescript Hi, It sounds like your MacOS is not recognizing that your new keyboard has a left and right option key. It may be the keyboard's fault, in that the left and right option keys are sent as exactly the same key-stoke, or it may

Re: Applescript

ilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 22, 2017, at 14:13, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: Not sure what has happened except that some gremlins may have moved in. Now its Applescript. Though scripts are in the right folder, keyboard commander is enabled, when I press right option

Re: Applescript

y? > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jan 22, 2017, at 14:13, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Not sure what has happened except that some gremlins may have moved in. > > Now its Applescript. Though scripts are i

Re: Applescript

ppened except that some gremlins may have moved in. Now its Applescript. Though scripts are in the right folder, keyboard commander is enabled, when I press right option key (as set in preferences) and a letter such as b or t, the script is not executed. Must be one setting I am overlooking. Wh

Re: Applescript

y have moved in. Now its Applescript. Though scripts are in the right folder, keyboard commander is enabled, when I press right option key (as set in preferences) and a letter such as b or t, the script is not executed. Must be one setting I am overlooking. What may it be? Thanks. >Fr

Applescript

Not sure what has happened except that some gremlins may have moved in. Now its Applescript. Though scripts are in the right folder, keyboard commander is enabled, when I press right option key (as set in preferences) and a letter such as b or t, the script is not executed. Must be one

Re: AppleScript

Thanks. I will start there. > On Aug 15, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Larry, > > If you start up Script Editor on your macintosh, than under the help area is > an AppleScript guide. > Essentially you send messages to an app

Re: AppleScript

Larry, If you start up Script Editor on your macintosh, than under the help area is an AppleScript guide. Essentially you send messages to an application and they will send back replies that can then be stored in variables. In the more recent Apple OS's you can also use JavaScript for the base

AppleScript

Are there resources you would recommend for learning AppleScript? I think that is the next step in my education if I want to become as efficient with the Mac as I was with Windows. As for my search for sanity. I think I have abandoned that. Larry Thacker Jr. http://www.lionsrealm.net <h

Re: Applescript Use Voiceover Find

han Cohn > On 10 May 2016, at 21:03, Brandon A. Olivares <thepianist2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, > > I’m trying to use Applescript to enter the voiceover find dialog (vo-f), > enter some text, and then hit return to try to find that text. > > I can’t seem t

Applescript Use Voiceover Find

Hello, I’m trying to use Applescript to enter the voiceover find dialog (vo-f), enter some text, and then hit return to try to find that text. I can’t seem to figure it out. With system events, I successfully got the voiceover dialog up, but can’t search for anything. I need to search

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

gt;> >>>>> and received the results: >>>>> tell application "Pages" >>>>> get window 1 >>>>> --> window id 888 >>>>> get every document of window id 888 >>>>> --> document id &

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

t;>> >>>> >>>> and received the results: >>>> tell application "Pages" >>>> get window 1 >>>> --> window id 888 >>>> get every document of window id 888 >>>> --> document id "0

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

E7" >>> count document id "018F988E-C58F-43F2-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" >>> --> 1 >>> get class of item 1 of item 1 of document id >>> "018F988E-C58F-43F2-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" >>> --> document >>> end tell &g

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

" >>count document id "018F988E-C58F-43F2-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" >>--> 1 >>get class of item 1 of item 1 of document id >> "018F988E-C58F-43F2-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" >>--> document >> end tell >> Result: >&g

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

t; > --> document > end tell > Result: > document > >> On Feb 22, 2016, at 21:04, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hey list, >> Anyone else out there who plays with AppleScript, I'd love your help. I'm >> trying t

Re: OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" --> 1 get class of item 1 of item 1 of document id "018F988E-C58F-43F2-BD69-9567F7F9FEE7" --> document end tell Result: document > On Feb 22, 2016, at 21:04, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hey

Re: reading library documentation in AppleScript

'll find you need to read less of it. >> On Feb 23, 2016, at 00:40, John Ylioja <john.yli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I've looked at AppleScript a little, but am unsure if there is an efficient >> way to read the library documentation to find available functions.

Re: reading library documentation in AppleScript

. In short, there's no easier way to navigate the documentation, but it gets easier to deal with and you'll find you need to read less of it. > On Feb 23, 2016, at 00:40, John Ylioja <john.yli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've looked at AppleScript a little, but am unsure if there is an e

reading library documentation in AppleScript

I've looked at AppleScript a little, but am unsure if there is an efficient way to read the library documentation to find available functions. I'm planning to read some of a book I got from Bookshare on AppleScript to learn the basics before I get too complex with it. I found I can navigate

OT: Applescript refusing to see document object of Pages?

Hey list, Anyone else out there who plays with AppleScript, I'd love your help. I'm trying to help someone automate the completion of some long forms in Pages, and I know how I'm going to do it. The problem is that even the simplest script errors out with "Pages got an error: can't get doc

AppleScript to hide the mail preview in Yosemite.

Good day, I just finished a test version of an AppleScript application that appears to close the preview pane on Mail message viewers when run in the current version of Yosemite. This application requires that you permit it to access UI actions which must be done as an administrator

Re: AppleScript and TimeMachine

Indeed there is. I don't like having to open System Preferences just to do this, and I hoped there would be a cleaner way. After all, if you're going to run a script that has to open the Time Machine preference pane anyway, it's little different from opening and reading the pane yourself, at

AppleScript and TimeMachine

TimeMachine uses the System Preference pane to control it, and there is useful information in the system control pane like Disk size and backup status. So we could probably find the “id” string of the time machine preference panel, and then go from there. I know I saw a script in the UI

Re: Applescript basics

Time Machine is something I looked into, but it turned out that little to no TM information is available to AppleScript, unfortunately. I just had a look in Safari's scripting dictionary, and downloads aren't mentioned once, so it looks like a script couldn't access that information either

Re: Applescript basics

Hi guys: I am beginning to see the advantages of learning Apple script, or, if I find it too technical for me, cheering on someone else with those skills. I definitely cheer you on, Alex, for having given me my favorite ones, checking the time and date and checking battery status. I would

Re: Applescript basics

that little to no TM information is available to AppleScript, unfortunately. I just had a look in Safari's scripting dictionary, and downloads aren't mentioned once, so it looks like a script couldn't access that information either. On Feb 28, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Eugenia Firth gigifi...@me.com

RE: Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

I would be interested in scripting for apple also From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniela Rubio Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 07:51 To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

Re: Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

Thanks for sharing, Jonathan, this will be really handy. And I, for one, would be interested in the call to discuss AppleScript. I've always wanted to learn it, but figuring out how to get started seems sort of daunting. Cheers, Donna On Feb 26, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Jonathan C Cohn jon.c.c

Applescript challenge

I guess I should set this up as a project for myself but I know nothing about Applescripts. One of the really frustrating things for me is the lack of a page down or up command which can work in Mail Messages. This means that in really long text email messages, for example in a mail digest

Re: Applescript challenge

Did you try a three finger swipe up and down when interacted with the e-mail content? Jürgen Am 27.02.2015 um 13:59 schrieb David Griffith daj.griff...@gmail.com: I guess I should set this up as a project for myself but I know nothing about Applescripts. One of the really frustrating

Re: Applescript challenge

I do not routinely use trackpad commander but unless I am mistaken I understand this command to be a command to read a page? Actually the way I use my mac I normally sit about 10feet away from it in an armchair with headphones and keyboard and never use a trackpad so I will have to try it out

Re: Applescript challenge

Well, there might be issues with Rich Text / HTML e-mails. But in general you would want to use the text object of the current object. basically if you change the text I know that the Text object provides paragraph and sentence access, but I am not sure about line numbers. If you bring up the

Re: Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

Rubio T iPhone: +34662328507 El 27/2/2015, a las 14:29, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com escribió: Thanks for sharing, Jonathan, this will be really handy. And I, for one, would be interested in the call to discuss AppleScript. I've always wanted to learn it, but figuring out how to get

Applescript basics

I have tried to follow the various discussions about Applescript but may have missed the answer. I do not plan to be a heavy Applescripter but would be interested in a simple and basic giide for the use of proper syntax, commands and so on as a reference. Now that I have some

Re: Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

A big thanks to Jonathan for this script. It helped me in two ways: Firstly I can perform a „real“ double mouse click now. I experienced issues sometimes using VO + Shift + Space twice under certain conditions. It sometimes simply didn’t work and I had to switch off Trackpad Commander to

Re: Applescript help

I’ve come to this script late. I would like to know what the “package” is and if it is geared towards teaching apple script creation? I’m an old Cobol, RPG, Bal, Pascal, APL, Basic etc … programmer from way back and wouldn’t mind getting back into it for the odd script writing need. thanks On

Applescript to double click at voiceover cursor

, and I have only tested it in about 3 places so your experience are welcome. Also, for anybody interested I might attempt to create a call in to discuss AppleScript starting from a beginner perspective. use application VoiceOver tell commander perform command move mouse pointer

Applescript help

Using scripts from the Talking Dashboard, placed in ~/Library/Scripts. Unedited as I am not able to get these to work after pointing the Keyboard commander to the script in its folder. So its not the script itself. Default modifier key is right option. For example, the date and time

Re: Applescript help

If we're still talking about Talking Dashboard, I know it works since I use it all the time. Have you modified the script in any way at all? Do other commanders work? On Feb 25, 2015, at 6:17 PM, Jonathan C Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com wrote: Send me a copy of the script and I can give it a

Re: Applescript help

Glad you got it working, and sorry I didn't think to check that all the scripts were together. Note that a warning about exactly this problem is already in the Readme file. I'll paste it here: ##Q: None of the scripts are working! What is going on? A: The most likely cause is that you have

Re: Applescript help

Alex, I think this topic got sidetracked. Well I did resolve my issue. To be honest, while your readme was very informative. what would have been helpful to me new to Applecript would have been an outline of the steps necessary. The missing step was to put the utilities.scpt and

Re: Applescript help

Send me a copy of the script and I can give it a try. Is output using the output command or the say command? Or perhaps the code from the Apple version was taken, which checks if VoiceOVer is running and also makes sure that applescripts can control voiceover. in any case the first thing to

Re: Applescript help

Hi! I have the same problem. THe voiceover date and time script does not work. Not even my right command v for muting speech. That is not a script though. /A 25 feb 2015 kl. 20:21 skrev The Believer ancient.ali...@icloud.com: Using scripts from the Talking Dashboard, placed in

Re: Applescript help

My brain is an old sponge, not so plastic any more. It was too much information to absorb at one time but now that its working, its good. I will be moving on to a couple other scripts and see what I can do with them. Thanks for putting this together with all the scripts. From The

Re: Is Setting Styles Fixed in Latest Pages? Now that AppleScript has been extended again. What are other things you were interested in having AppleScript do to make your life easier?

Sent from my iPhone On Jan 9, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Anne Robertson a...@anarchie.org.uk wrote: Hello Alex, VO users have always been able to set paragraph styles in Pages, the problem is setting short cuts and this is still broken in the latest release. Cheers, Anne On 8 Jan

Re: applescript or command line which should I us

to ogg. I know that Xld does have the command line tool for this? What I am wondering is can you call a command line operation from an Applescrippt file or do you have to do command line stuff separately/ Also where is there a good example base for Applescript? -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received

applescript or command line which should I us

an Applescrippt file or do you have to do command line stuff separately/ Also where is there a good example base for Applescript? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send

Re: applescript or command line which should I us

The core services in OS X might be able to handle this; have a look in Automator, and on applevis.com for my guide on how to do it. If you do need the command line, and you want to use AppleScript, just use the so shell script command. On Dec 25, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Scott Berry sb356

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

I can confirm the first problem on my late 2011 Macbook Pro 13. On 24 Oct 2014, at 02:09, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: I’ve noticed a couple of bugs with VoiceOver and AppleScript dialog boxes since upgrading to Yosemite, and am interested whether anyone else has

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

Christopher, do you not have the problem with text echo when typing in the dialog box? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

The only script I have is an alert to tell me a file has been added to my Downloads folder. All you get is a yes button and a no button, nothing to type in this dialogue. Sorry can't help. On 24 Oct 2014, at 08:11, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Christopher, do you

Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

I’ve noticed a couple of bugs with VoiceOver and AppleScript dialog boxes since upgrading to Yosemite, and am interested whether anyone else has noticed the same thing. First, VoiceOver sometimes does not announce that the dialog box has appeared. It used to be that a system sound would

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

by ClamXav Antivirus! On Oct 23, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: I’ve noticed a couple of bugs with VoiceOver and AppleScript dialog boxes since upgrading to Yosemite, and am interested whether anyone else has noticed the same thing. First

Re: Yosemite Bugs | VoiceOver Announcements in AppleScript Dialog Boxes

Okay, thanks, Ray. Given that it doesn’t seem to be some problem unique to my scripts, I’ll report it to Apple Accessibility. For the record, I should note that I have been experiencing this on my 2011 iMac 16GB RAM quad core i5 and my 2011 MacBook Air 4GB RAM with 1.7GHz i5 processor. -- You

Accessible AppleScript Tutorials?

Hi All, Any suggestions on accessible applescript tutorials? Thanks, todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr

AppleScript (was calendar questions)

It's pretty easy, yes. I learned everything from simply googling, starting with basics of AppleScript and moving on from there. It helps to have a goal in mind, such as making some reminders, or pulling data from certain emails, or mass-renaming things in Finder, that kind of thing. In other

Re: AppleScript (was calendar questions)

Could I make one to dconvert files to certain formats if necessary? Sent from my iPad On Jul 5, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It's pretty easy, yes. I learned everything from simply googling, starting with basics of AppleScript and moving on from there. It helps

Re: AppleScript (was calendar questions)

...@gmail.com wrote: Could I make one to dconvert files to certain formats if necessary? Sent from my iPad On Jul 5, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com wrote: It's pretty easy, yes. I learned everything from simply googling, starting with basics of AppleScript and moving on from

Re: AppleScript (was calendar questions)

learned everything from simply googling, starting with basics of AppleScript and moving on from there. It helps to have a goal in mind, such as making some reminders, or pulling data from certain emails, or mass-renaming things in Finder, that kind of thing. In other words, it's better, I think

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

of the time this works fine, but every now and then you come across the odd youtube video which requires Flash Player. The perfect solution in this situation is to open the current Safari tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

youtube video which requires Flash Player. The perfect solution in this situation is to open the current Safari tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close the original Safari tab for you if it has

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

thanks! I'll give it a look later today. automation and scripting are interesting to me, but I don't know anything about either yet! Cait On Apr 28, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Kait, It's as Phil said. But here's the link again if that's

AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close the original Safari tab for you if it has opened successfully in Google Chrome. To read more and download the script, VO-space here. Feel free to subscribe

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

now and then you come across the odd youtube video which requires Flash Player. The perfect solution in this situation is to open the current Safari tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close the original Safari tab for you if it has opened successfully in Google Chrome. To read more and download the script, VO-space here. Feel free to subscribe

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

is to open the current Safari tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close the original Safari tab for you if it has opened successfully in Google Chrome. To read more and download the script, VO-space

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

Player. The perfect solution in this situation is to open the current Safari tab in Google Chrome, which has Flash Player built in. Well, my new AppleScript will do this for you automatically. It will even close the original Safari tab for you if it has opened successfully in Google Chrome

Re: AppleScript to Open the Current Safari Tab in Google Chrome

Hi Kait, It's as Phil said. But here's the link again if that's easier. Kawal and Chris, I've heard about those solutions too, and was interested. I'm sure they're great. I just feel better knowing my Mac is free of Adobe Flash Player (and Java too for that matter). I like not having to deal

Re: Getting Started with AppleScript (was: Shortcut to Speak Word Count in Any application | Here's How It's Done)

Phil, if you have some experience with programming or some scripting language (e.g. I've done a bit with JavaScript) AppleScript will be really easy to pick up once you read through some other people's scripts and get an idea of the syntax, objects and commands. For more information on any

Help | AppleScript to Change Table Name in Pages

I'm in the process of developing an AppleScript to change the name of tables in Pages. It's not as straight forward as for Numbers for a couple of reasons. However, I've pretty much nailed it down but for one thing. For some reason, tables in Pages seem to be somehow locked or invisible

Re: Help | AppleScript to Change Table Name in Pages

Here's a link to my script You'll probably notice it has difficulties with tables which are not created by AppleScript. It can, however, create tables for you which you can then rename. In any case, this might help some of you realise the oddities and hopefully we can get to the bottom

Re: Help | AppleScript to Change Table Name in Pages

: Here's a link to my script You'll probably notice it has difficulties with tables which are not created by AppleScript. It can, however, create tables for you which you can then rename. In any case, this might help some of you realise the oddities and hopefully we can get to the bottom

Re: Changing Tables in Numbers | An Easier Way with My New AppleScript

Hello again, Thanks for the directions. I've created a new folder called Numbers in the script folder and placed your script there. It works perfectly! Andrew On 21 Apr 2014, at 00:31, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Andrew! NO worries. Probably the easiest

Changing Tables in Numbers | An Easier Way with My New AppleScript

Hi all, I've written an AppleScript to change the name of the selected table in Numbers. Thought I'd share it here for those of you who haven't developed something similar for yourselves. The script works on the table in focus. Most of the time this simply means navigating to the table

Re: Changing Tables in Numbers | An Easier Way with My New AppleScript

Nic, This is a big thank you for the script. Fantastic job and generous sharing. Forgive my ignorance but where do I place the script once I've downloaded it? Andrew On 20 Apr 2014, at 09:30, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I've written an AppleScript

Re: Changing Tables in Numbers | An Easier Way with My New AppleScript

Thanks, Andrew! NO worries. Probably the easiest thing for you to do is to place the script in: /Library/Scripts/VoiceOver And then set up a keyboard commander in VoiceOver Utility to execute the script. You should be able to place it in the ~/Library/Scripts/ directory, in a subfolder called

Re: Changing Tables in Numbers | An Easier Way with My New AppleScript

Just when I was getting good at the old way... You beat me to it! I was looking into writing something similar, but got sidetracked - thanks for this. On Apr 20, 2014, at 7:31 PM, Nicholas Parsons mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Andrew! NO worries. Probably the easiest thing for

applescript

Hi all! Are there good resources for learning AppleScript? It doesn't look all that difficult but a nice book or resource would be helpful. Thanks, jg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: applescript

task. You'll learn as you go along. At least, that's what worked for me. On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jim Gatteys jgatt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all! Are there good resources for learning AppleScript? It doesn't look all that difficult but a nice book or resource would be helpful. Thanks

Re: applescript

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Re: applescript

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iWorks update fixes more AppleScript

Just rand across this article which says the latest patches to iWorks has fixed a pile of AppleScript issues and added more hooks. http://www.macworld.com/article/2138687/latest-iwork-update-is-another-win-for-applescript.html CB -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you

Re: iWorks update fixes more AppleScript

Hi, This is a really good thing. I’ve been struggling with Pages and AppleScript over the last little while and am hopeful that the new hooks will make things run smoother. I did read on the initial Software Update page for Pages about some AppleScript improvements but this detail is much

can anyone familiar with Applescript email me off-list?

Hi all, I'm still working on a series of scripts that, I think, many VO users will love. However, I'm running into a crazy problem: sometimes the scripts work perfectly, and sometimes, without me changing a single character, they fail. If anyone on here is an experienced Apple Scripter and

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