Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
Keyboard Maestro is indeed the best solution, thank you Bob. FWIW I'd just managed to find a horrible hack, by enabling the "Mouse Keys" facility, and using System Events to send numeric keypad codes to lock the mouse down and move it - one pixel at a time Keyboard Maestro is a rather better solution, and looks excellent. Thanks for the tip! Ben On 11/09/2019 05:28, Rick Harrison via use-livecode wrote: Hi Bob, Thanks for telling us about Keyboard Maestro! I used to use Quikeys for Mac for a long time, but they haven’t updated it for quite some time and I was hoping to find a substitute. It looks like Keyboard Maestro is like Quikeys on Steroids! Thanks again, Rick On Sep 10, 2019, at 5:52 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote: You need a Macro program. I like Keyboard Maestro. Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
Hi Bob, Thanks for telling us about Keyboard Maestro! I used to use Quikeys for Mac for a long time, but they haven’t updated it for quite some time and I was hoping to find a substitute. It looks like Keyboard Maestro is like Quikeys on Steroids! Thanks again, Rick > On Sep 10, 2019, at 5:52 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > You need a Macro program. I like Keyboard Maestro. > > Bob S ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
You need a Macro program. I like Keyboard Maestro.
Bob S
> On Sep 10, 2019, at 13:14 , Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode
> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom and Martin,
>
> Thanks for the responses. That's where I'm at the moment; the problem is that
> I AFAICT I can click at a position using System Events; but I can't click at
> one location and release at another. The issue is that I'm trying to make a
> rectangular selection, encompassing a number of elements; rather than trying
> to select an actual element.
>
> This is actually to crop each page of a many page PDF, using the rectangular
> selection tool in either Preview or PDFpen. (AFAICT ImageMagick is no good
> because it rasterises PDF pages before cropping them, whereas I want to
> retain all the PDF fidelity goodness, but just mask each page.)
>
> I can click: but I can't mouse down in one location, and release it in
> another.
>
> Ben
>
> On 05/09/2019 20:59, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote:
>> I dunno if this works but you can try
>> do myscript as "Applescript"
>> abd your myscript can be
>> tell application "System Events"
>> click at {123,456}end tell
>> I'm currently working on debugging a tool that uses applescript to
>> send keystrokes..and i'm finding it inconsistent ...but it could just
>> be me, so for now I won't say that its the applescript functionality.
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 2:38 PM Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> As the title says...
>>>
>>> I had a recollection that it was possible to construct a tool in LiveCode
>>> that
>>> would use AppleScript, System Events, and the accessibility framework to
>>> perform actions on another (not naturally scriptable) app.
>>>
>>> I can do menu items, I can do keystrokes - but can I move the mouse? Or
>>> more
>>> to the point, can I move the mouse to a location, then click and drag to a
>>> new
>>> location?
>>>
>>> Automator appears to be able to do this as a recording, which works once
>>> as a
>>> single step - but ever since hangs on playback (amusingly, it moves the
>>> mouse
>>> to the first point and then refuses to let it be moved anywhere else -
>>> pulling
>>> it back if it is - the only escape seems to be to use the keyboard to open
>>> a
>>> terminal and kill Automator).
>>>
>>> Did I dream this, or is it possible?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> Ben
>>>
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Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
Hi Tom and Martin,
Thanks for the responses. That's where I'm at the moment; the problem is that
I AFAICT I can click at a position using System Events; but I can't click at
one location and release at another. The issue is that I'm trying to make a
rectangular selection, encompassing a number of elements; rather than trying
to select an actual element.
This is actually to crop each page of a many page PDF, using the rectangular
selection tool in either Preview or PDFpen. (AFAICT ImageMagick is no good
because it rasterises PDF pages before cropping them, whereas I want to retain
all the PDF fidelity goodness, but just mask each page.)
I can click: but I can't mouse down in one location, and release it in another.
Ben
On 05/09/2019 20:59, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote:
I dunno if this works but you can try
do myscript as "Applescript"
abd your myscript can be
tell application "System Events"
click at {123,456}end tell
I'm currently working on debugging a tool that uses applescript to
send keystrokes..and i'm finding it inconsistent ...but it could just
be me, so for now I won't say that its the applescript functionality.
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 2:38 PM Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
As the title says...
I had a recollection that it was possible to construct a tool in LiveCode
that
would use AppleScript, System Events, and the accessibility framework to
perform actions on another (not naturally scriptable) app.
I can do menu items, I can do keystrokes - but can I move the mouse? Or
more
to the point, can I move the mouse to a location, then click and drag to a
new
location?
Automator appears to be able to do this as a recording, which works once
as a
single step - but ever since hangs on playback (amusingly, it moves the
mouse
to the first point and then refuses to let it be moved anywhere else -
pulling
it back if it is - the only escape seems to be to use the keyboard to open
a
terminal and kill Automator).
Did I dream this, or is it possible?
TIA,
Ben
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Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
Hi Sorry just read your subject and realized you are trying to select something. What are you trying to select. A line of text, an object? What application are you trying to script? Regards, Martin Koob > On Sep 5, 2019, at 5:00 PM, Martin Koob via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi > > Are you wanting to moved object or a UI element to a new location which you > would normally do with a mouse drag? If so the application you are trying to > script may have a ‘move' command. Open the dictionary for the application > you are scripting in the AppleScript Script Editor application and check > whether it has a move command. I just checked and System Events has move > in its dictionary as well as Finder and Calendar. Would this achieve what > you are trying to do? I haven’t used this command so can’t give you any more > info than this but I seems it would work in some cases. > > Hope that helps. > > > Regards, > > Martin Koob > > > > > >> On Sep 5, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode >> wrote: >> >> As the title says... >> >> I had a recollection that it was possible to construct a tool in LiveCode >> that would use AppleScript, System Events, and the accessibility framework >> to perform actions on another (not naturally scriptable) app. >> >> I can do menu items, I can do keystrokes - but can I move the mouse? Or more >> to the point, can I move the mouse to a location, then click and drag to a >> new location? >> >> Automator appears to be able to do this as a recording, which works once as >> a single step - but ever since hangs on playback (amusingly, it moves the >> mouse to the first point and then refuses to let it be moved anywhere else - >> pulling it back if it is - the only escape seems to be to use the keyboard >> to open a terminal and kill Automator). >> >> Did I dream this, or is it possible? >> >> TIA, >> >> Ben >> >> ___ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
Hi Are you wanting to moved object or a UI element to a new location which you would normally do with a mouse drag? If so the application you are trying to script may have a ‘move' command. Open the dictionary for the application you are scripting in the AppleScript Script Editor application and check whether it has a move command. I just checked and System Events has move in its dictionary as well as Finder and Calendar. Would this achieve what you are trying to do? I haven’t used this command so can’t give you any more info than this but I seems it would work in some cases. Hope that helps. Regards, Martin Koob > On Sep 5, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode > wrote: > > As the title says... > > I had a recollection that it was possible to construct a tool in LiveCode > that would use AppleScript, System Events, and the accessibility framework to > perform actions on another (not naturally scriptable) app. > > I can do menu items, I can do keystrokes - but can I move the mouse? Or more > to the point, can I move the mouse to a location, then click and drag to a > new location? > > Automator appears to be able to do this as a recording, which works once as a > single step - but ever since hangs on playback (amusingly, it moves the mouse > to the first point and then refuses to let it be moved anywhere else - > pulling it back if it is - the only escape seems to be to use the keyboard to > open a terminal and kill Automator). > > Did I dream this, or is it possible? > > TIA, > > Ben > > ___ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Using LiveCode & AppleScript to make mouse selection in another Mac application
I dunno if this works but you can try
do myscript as "Applescript"
abd your myscript can be
tell application "System Events"
click at {123,456}end tell
I'm currently working on debugging a tool that uses applescript to
send keystrokes..and i'm finding it inconsistent ...but it could just
be me, so for now I won't say that its the applescript functionality.
On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 2:38 PM Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> As the title says...
>
> I had a recollection that it was possible to construct a tool in LiveCode
> that
> would use AppleScript, System Events, and the accessibility framework to
> perform actions on another (not naturally scriptable) app.
>
> I can do menu items, I can do keystrokes - but can I move the mouse? Or
> more
> to the point, can I move the mouse to a location, then click and drag to a
> new
> location?
>
> Automator appears to be able to do this as a recording, which works once
> as a
> single step - but ever since hangs on playback (amusingly, it moves the
> mouse
> to the first point and then refuses to let it be moved anywhere else -
> pulling
> it back if it is - the only escape seems to be to use the keyboard to open
> a
> terminal and kill Automator).
>
> Did I dream this, or is it possible?
>
> TIA,
>
> Ben
>
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