[Pythonmac-SIG] need help installing py2app

2011-02-05 Thread Francis Young
Hi there, Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 106, in **extra_args File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py", line 112, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framewo

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] appscript: Newbie trying to script using System Events

2011-02-05 Thread has
dgodon wrote: > Can anyone share some good examples of scripting System Events? For > instance, to select sub-menu options of an app, or to open/close app > windows, or dock panels in Photoshop. GUI Scripting's a last resort where applications don't provide a suitable scripting interface of

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] appscript: Newbie trying to script using System Ev ents

2011-02-05 Thread dgo...@juno.com
Thanks for the help. I'm considering using System Events for test automation. To the extent where the app under test is script-able, that would certainly be preferable, but unfortunately, there are significant areas not exposed via the app's dictionary. Most other test automation for the mac

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] appscript: Newbie trying to script using System Ev ents

2011-02-05 Thread Charles Turner
On Feb 5, 2011, at 1:15 PM, dgo...@juno.com wrote: > Given your feedback below, is appscript+System Events a reasonable approach > for test automation? I'm sure there are many with greater experience, but I'd second everything has said about scripting system events: brittle and fiddly pretty we