scripting applescript menu-clicking questions

[Ian Wood]

On 25 Mar 2010, at 15:02, Bernard Devlin wrote:

> Thank you very much, Ian.  Much appreciated.  Amazing how much
> knowledge is available on this list. :)

I mostly use Rev to create OS X 'bridges' between different apps, so  
GUI scripting comes in handy.

> I'll look into Prefab UIBrowser.  Hopefully it is something I can
> distribute with my app.

UIBrowser lets you see the exact path to any UI element in any app and  
then gives you the AppleScript syntax for performing actions on/ 
getting info about those elements. It also gives you the syntax for  
sending keypresses and all sorts of other info. In some cases you can  
even get values from text fields and sliders for apps without  
scripting dictionaries.

So it's a tool for helping you write the AppleScripts, without any  
need for you to then distribute it.

Ian