I need to write a script that will launch the action in Photoshop and then execute the save command, but only the first part of the script is launched.
Executed only "tell app Photoshop" do action, then stuck...
Both scripts work separately
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Adobe Photoshop CC 2018"
do action "1 layer" from "To png"
end tell
tell application "System Events"
key code 48
key code 48
key code 48
key code 48
key code 48
key code 126
key code 35
key code 45
key code 5
key code 76
key code 76
key code 76
end tell
return input
end run
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So I am writing a script that would set up my working environment by opening and then getting several apps in fullscreen via a single command line. I am having trouble with the "getting the apps in fullscreen" part, and the script execution is very confusing to me.
My hardware is a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017) running on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
Here is the part of the script that behaves erraticaly when executed:
script1.scpt:
tell application "Sublime Text"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)
set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" to true
end tell
key code 123 using {control down}
end tell
end tell
When executed while the app (here, Sublime Text) is not in fullscreen via the command osascript script1.scpt, the app is activated and goes fullscreen, but key code 123 using {control down} does not work, without producing any error message or sound.
When executed while the app is already in fullscreen via the command osascript script1.scpt, the app is activated, stays in fullscreen as intended but I get this error message:
execution error: System Events got an error: Can't get window 1 of process 1 whose frontmost = true. Invalid index. (-1719)
Also, key code 123 using {control down} does not work either.
When executed via a shell script calling script1.scpt while the app is not in fullscreen, the app behaves exactly as in case 1.
When executed via a shell script calling script1.scpt while the app is already in fullscreen, the app behaves exactly as it should and everything seems fine. But if I lengthen the script to get 2 apps in fullscreen in a row as in script2.scpt (see below), the 2nd app does stricly nothing, and I get the error message of case 2 again.
script2.scpt:
tell application "Sublime Text"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)
set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" to true
end tell
key code 123 using {control down}
end tell
end tell
tell application "Skim"
activate
tell application "System Events"
tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)
set value of attribute "AXFullScreen" to true
end tell
key code 123 using {control down}
end tell
end tell
I have been spending hours trying to understand what is going on without success, so any help or clue would be very welcome.
The only way I found to get things working is to separate the code in separate steps with 0.5sec pauses in-between them, like in the following shell script code block. But I would like to find a faster and "cleaner" solution to my problem.
osascript -e "tell application \"Sublime Text\" to activate" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)" -e "set value of attribute \"AXFullScreen\" to true" -e "end tell" -e "end tell" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"Skim\" to activate" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)" -e "set value of attribute \"AXFullScreen\" to true" -e "end tell" -e "end tell" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"Finder\" to activate" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)" -e "set value of attribute \"AXFullScreen\" to true" -e "end tell" -e "end tell" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"Terminal\" to activate" ;
sleep 0.5 ;
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\"" -e "tell front window of (first process whose frontmost is true)" -e "set value of attribute \"AXFullScreen\" to true" -e "end tell" -e "end tell"'
EDIT: For the moment being, I managed to get my script doing what I wanted it to do pretty reliably. Not completely satisfied though, because I still have to rely on fixed delays and this makes the execution a bit slow. This is what the code looks like:
in .bash_profile:
cd ~/<path>/ ;
osascript workspace_on.scpt
workspace_on.scpt:
tell app "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to set the value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of window 1 to true
delay 0.6
tell app "Sublime Text" to activate
delay 0.6
tell app "System Events" to tell process "Sublime Text" to set the value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of window 1 to true
delay 0.6
do shell script "open -a skim ~/<path>/main.pdf"
delay 1
tell app "Skim" to set interaction mode of document 1 to full screen mode
delay 0.6
do shell script "open ~/<path>"
delay 1
tell app "System Events" to tell process "Finder" to set the value of attribute "AXFullScreen" of window "latex-template" to true
Just to copy-and-paste my most recent comment from above:
“Like you, I've spent a bit too much time figuring out this problem. It's quite a frustrating situation because I had a few light bulb moments of inspiration that, in theory, ought to have worked, and worked well, but ultimately didn't work at all. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ But in the process, I've at least written out a naive implementation that incorporates conditional checks and operates on each app one-by-one. It's not what I had aimed for in my head, but it works. See below.”
set Apps to {"TextEdit", "ManOpen", "Usenapp", "QuickTime Player"}
tell application id "com.apple.SystemEvents"
set dock to list 1 in the process named "Dock"
repeat with A in the Apps
tell my application named A to activate
set _P to (a reference to the process named A)
set _W to (a reference to _P's front window)
set _B to (a reference to the value of _W's ¬
attribute "AXFullScreenButton")
set _M to (a reference to (_P's menu bar 1's ¬
menu bar items's menu 1's menu items ¬
whose name = "Enter Full Screen"))
tell (a reference to (the dock's ¬
first UI element whose ¬
name = A)) to if ¬
exists then click
tell _W to repeat 60 times -- 60 x 0.5 = 30 seconds
delay 0.5
if it exists then
click _B
if (the value of attribute ¬
"AXFullScreen") ¬
then exit repeat
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
System information:
AppleScript version: 2.8 system version: 12.6 ("Monterey")
I am trying to automate this process.
step 1: change system date to a specific date.
step 2: open an application.
step 3: change system date back to normal.
Now on Automator, I have three apple scripts placed like this.
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo date 082704002018"
activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
end run
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "open -a applicationName"
activate
end tell
end run
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
activate
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
end run
The problem is that Automator only runs the first code. I'm not sure how to make it run all the codes in order.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. I am completely new to automator and applescript.
Thank you
I'm not quite sure why you chose to use three separate AppleScripts. You can combine them all into one AppleScript as I have done in this following example. I'm not quite sure why you used the “activate” commands. I don't think they are necessary so I removed those lines of the code. Anyway, this following code should work for you…
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "sudo date 082704002018"
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
tell application "Terminal"
do script with command "open -a applicationName"
delay 1
do script with command "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
end tell
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
end tell
Alternately, launching Terminal app to run shell scripts is not necessary all the time as you can run shell scripts in AppleScript by using the “do shell script” command. This following applescript code is your code using only eight lines of code.
do shell script "sudo date 082704002018"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "mypassword" & return
delay 3
do shell script "open -a applicationName"
delay 1
do shell script "sudo ntpdate -u time.apple.com"
delay 1
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "mypassword" & return
If my versions of your code throw errors, it may be necessary to adjust the delay commands or re-insert the activate commands
If you are hell-bent on using your version of the code and three separate Applescripts, just remove the on run {input, parameters} and end run lines of code from each AppleScript and that should eliminate your problem
I have some apple script code:
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
How do i write the code as a osascript -e command in Terminal?
Everytime I try using \n or the such, I get errors. Sorry if I'm not being specific enough.
You have a couple of options:
Pass each line of the AppleScript code as a separate -e option:
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events"' -e 'key code 97' -e 'end tell'
Pipe the AppleScript code to osascript's STDIN:
osascript <<END
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
END
Oh, and you can also save AppleScript code as an executable shell script. Just add #!/usr/bin/osascript at the top of the code and save it as a plain text file:
#!/usr/bin/osascript
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell
Other example:
open -a Terminal && \
sleep 2 && \
osascript -e 'activate application "Terminal"' -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "q" using command down'
the first two lines are just to show the final goal, which is focus the Terminal window and quit it, sending Command+q
Actually -e option accepts new lines:
osascript -e '
tell application "System Events"
key code 97
end tell'
I'm trying to open terminal using apple script with a ready command but without executing it and allowing user to do this just by clicking enter (so I don't want to use tell Terminal to do script)
One of the approaches I used is using keystrokes:
tell application "Terminal" do script "echo Hi!"
keystroke "abc"
end tell
but it doesn't work for me. Any ideas?
I think you want to start Terminal and have a command all lined up ready in the Terminal ready for the user so he/she only has to press "Enter". If so, you can do this:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
delay 1
tell application "System Events"
keystroke "echo hi"
end tell
end tell
Then the user just has to press Enter and the command echo hi will execute.
it is hard to understand what you mean.
You can't for instance have the terminal wait for a user to click its window.
(But you can poll for a keystroke after the terminal window is opened.)
You'd have to use a dialog before your code, in order to make the user enter the terminal consciously.
display dialog "Press ok to enter the terminal" buttons {"Cancel","Enter"} cancel button 1 default button 2
Other than that, the way you'd need to use system events to send keystroke to the Terminal
tell application "System Events"
tell application process "Terminal"
keystroke "abcd"
end tell
end tell
You can poll for a keypress in the do script command to your terminal with this:
read -n 1 -s MYCHAR </dev/tty
This will force the user to press enter from a do script
a=`read`
I'm very new to AppleScript and I'm trying to do this. I have an Safari process running on my machine. I wish I could go to the running safari and stimulate an enter key event.
Is it possible to do so?
The code I'm trying is:
on is_running(appName)
tell application "System Events" to (name of processes) contains appName
end is_running
set safRunning to is_running("Safari")
if safRunning then
run script "tell application \"Safari\"
key code 36
end tell"
return "Running"
else
return "Not running"
end if
Inside the run script the key code 36 (for stimulating enter) is giving me error:
error "Expected end of line but found identifier." number -2741
Any guesses where I'm making mistake?
Try:
if application "Safari" is running then
activate application "Safari"
tell application "System Events" to keystroke return
else
return "Not running"
end if