am trying to Install Adobe Flash Player, I want to check the check box and need to click on Install button, Whem am trying to get the entire contents of window thru UIElementInspector, am unable to get the contents of checkbox and Install buttons..
I just tried myself with the below script to click the checkbox, but did not succeed, error saying unable to get the checkbox.. Pls suggest how to check..
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Adobe Flash Player Install Manager"
set frontmost to true
click the checkbox "I have read and agree to the terms of the Flash Player License Agreement" of window "Adobe Flash Player 11.5 Installer."
end tell
end tell
Pls check the below link to view the image of the Adobe Flash Player Installer.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yzyBTrvi94QxjlEAlcbudOBpXiTGPEI2LA3D1iEo8Gw/ edit
Download this S/w:
http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/downloads/UIBrowser222.dmg
Install it.
You can simply use this tool to read the name of checkboxes and all.
For ex: if you attach a application which is having a window and a checkbox within it you can check that checkbox simply by following script:
tell aplication "system events"
click checkbox 1 of window 1
end tell
Just remember to keep the window on front most amongst other windows.
You can attach your process by clicking target pop-up button present in the UI Browser app.
Then click on Switch to screen reader option.
Now you can just see the names of the buttons, controls, checkbo
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NOTE: I do not have Admin privileges, and cannot use things that require assistance or accessibility or whatever it is!
I'm basically trying to write an execution of a script that sets up my macOS Desktop by opening apps, positioning them etc
Part of that is allowing me to click continue on a dialogue after doing certain things I have to do manually as a result of the limitation (positioning a few apps for example).
I can successfully have the first alert pop up, and when I press OK, it executes the task, but then the 2nd alert is hidden behind AppleScript and will not pop up until I click AppleScript. Anyone know why?
Heres what I have, and please keep in mind I do not have Admin privileges, which means I can't use System Events:
tell application "Script Editor"
set miniaturized of window 1 to true
end tell
display alert "App is opening. Make sure you log-out of Apple Connect!"
delay 3
tell application "Safari"
activate
make new document
set the bounds of the front window to {1077, 23, 1581, 464}
tell window 1
set URL of tab 1 to "http://appwebsite.com"
end tell
end tell
display alert "Set up App, sign into Apple then click OK to open all other Safari windows"
delay 1
tell application "Test Task App" to activate
Place an activate command before the display alert command so Script Editor has focus and the display alert command will not be hidden.
Example:
activate
display alert "Set up App, sign into Apple then click OK to open all other Safari windows"
You do not need it before the first one as Script Editor has focus with it runs the first display alert command, but once you activate Safari, the display alert command is behind Safari. So if you use an activate command before the display alert command, it brings it forward in front of, in this case, Safari.
I have see how to click on menu items but this application does not have those. I was wondering how to click on the button Connect
I tried click at {818, 320} but it did not work
Here is the scrip, i was able to open the app with this
tell application "System Events"
tell UI element "Hotspot Shield"
tell menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
click
delay 2
get the actions of button "Connect"
end tell
end tell
end tell
FWIW One would not normally use tell UI element "Hotspot Shield" rather use tell application process "Hotspot Shield", however, looking at this through Accessibility Inspector, I do not see a way to click the "Connect" button. Even using a Watch Me Do action in Automator, while it will record the process, it won't play it back successfully.
That said, here is a workaround solution that works for me on macOS Mojave using AppleScript and the third-party command line utility Cliclick.
Looking at the cropped screen shot in your OP and using the approximate center of the Connect button to be at 320 for the y axis and using AppleScript to get the position of the menu bar item for use as the approximate x axis, the following example AppleScript code should work for you too.
tell application "System Events" to ¬
tell application process "Hotspot Shield" to ¬
tell menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
set xPos to first item of (get its position)
click
end tell
delay 0.5
do shell script "/Applications/cliclick c:" & xPos & ",320"
Note that the value of the delay command may need to be adjusted to ensure the Connect button is visible before the click event takes place using cliclick.
Adjust the path to cliclick as needed. I placed it in /Applications just for testing purposes.
The usual caveats, regarding System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy, apply.
I am not affiliated with the developer of Cliclick, just a satisfied user of the product.
Note: The example AppleScript code is just that and does not contain any error handling as may be appropriate. The onus is upon the user to add any error handling as may be appropriate, needed or wanted. Have a look at the try statement and error statement in the AppleScript Language Guide. See also, Working with Errors.
I am trying to install the downloaded application programatically, hence I am using apple script for the same since am working on Mac.
Here I've downloaded the Adobe AIR Installer app from adobe site which is in downloads folder and am trying to install the same with the below applescript code. Here when the Adobe AIR setup dialog box opens, I need to click on "I Agree" button to install the app.
With the below code am not able to click on the "I Agree" button, even i dont have Xcode Accessibility Inspecter do inspect the element. Pls guide me the script to handle the "I agree" button.
try
tell application "Finder"
activate
open application file "Adobe AIR Installer.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
set this_image to open this_file
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
click button "I Agree" of window "Adobe AIR Setup"
end tell
end tell
end try
You could try GUI scripting the commands with delays in-between clicks, but it's a little bit of work. Since the Adobe installer doesn't support clicking from applescript, you will need to download ExtraSuite and follow along with this previous MacScripter post.
To get pixel coordinates, start up the installer without AppleScript and type '⌘ + shift + 4' to get the crosshairs with pixel location (usually used for taking screenshots). Write down the coordinates for the first button and then hit 'esc' and move to the next button.
This is a pretty painful way to get the job done but there aren't many other alternatives that I know of.
It looks like the Adobe installers don't use Cocoa and aren't scriptable. You might have better luck with Sikuli. It's based on matching bitmaps and doesn't depend on any underlying framework.
I have an mac application that once opened (in awakeFromNib) shows the user an NSAlert with two buttons, one with "Option1", the other with "Option2". I would like to automate the following flow:
Open the application from the Applications folder.
Choose "Option2" by clicking the button in the NSAlert
So far I've managed to do only the first part:
tell application "Finder"
activate
make new Finder window to startup disk
open application file "My Application.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
close Finder window 1
end tell
Can anybody help me with the code? I understand that I can use the System Events commands to catch this click event, but can't manage to find any help online for clicking a button in an NSAlert, and not in a regular Window.
You might try this...
tell application "My Application" to activate
delay 5
tell application "System Events"
tell process "My Application"
click button "option 2" of window 1
end
end
How many windows do you have open? It's probably getting confused.
If you need to the program UI Browser can generally find the proper terms for GUI Scripting. I'm not sure it's worth buying just for this but you can run the program in demo mode for a month and use it to find the proper terms.
http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/
I need to "Reload" a Safari extension from the command line (and also build the package later).
How can this be done?
Why?
I'd like to build in one step - my code is in CoffeeScript and thus I'm compiling it anyway.
What have I tried?
Apart from googling hopelessly I tried using this AppleScript:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click the button "Reload" of window "Extension Builder"
end tell
end tell
Which errors out with:
System Events got an error: Can’t get button "Reload" of window "Extension Builder" of process "Safari".
And this variation:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
tell button "Reload" of window "Extension Builder" to perform action
end tell
end tell
Which doesn't give an error but also doesn't actually do anything.
It may be that the button isn't "named" as you expect. Check out UI Browser in order to view an application's interface hierarchy for use with GUI scripting.
The "Reload" button is accessible with:
click button "Reload" of UI element "ReloadUninstall[NAME OF EXTENSION HERE]" \
of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of window "Extension Builder"
Extension Browser's view hierarchy seems to have changed since the accepted answer was written. This script works for me:
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Safari"
click button "Reload" of UI element 0 of window "Extension Builder"
end tell
end tell
Note that Safari and the Extension Builder window need to be open for this to work