LC -> Applescript -> Chrome

[jbv at souslelogo.com]

Hi Richard,

Thank you for your reply.
Actually it's kind of weird : after running the script a few
times in the Applescript editor, it started to work again in
LC...
May be it was something in my setup, I don't know.

Best,

Le 2022-10-11 15:27, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode a écrit :
> jbv wrote:
>> I have a stack that interacts with Chrome via Applescript.
>> It has been running fine for months.
>> Suddenly, one command line began to stall the whole process,
>> with the spinning wheel spinning forever.
>> 
>> And when I run the same Applescript in the script editor,
>> it still runs fine as before.
>> The line is :
>> tell application "System Events" to click at {x, y}
>> I am using LC 9.6.8
>> 
>> What should I look at to fix the issue ?
> 
> At first this struck me as potentially an intentional change from
> Apple for security purposes, but a quick DuckDuckGo search shows many
> having the same AppleScript issue with "click at":
> https://duckduckgo.com/?q=macOS+applescript+%22click+at%22
> 
> Interesting discussions, but I didn't see a proposed solution that
> works for Mavericks.  I also didn't look that hard; there may be a fix
> out there. Or it may be a bug in macOS.  But at least it isn't you. :)