Re: [MACTCL] Posting fake mouse clicks to the event queue?

[<Fra...@im...>]

Joachim,

   I looks like you have your answer with the=20
"System Events" application. But just in case you=20
need control at a lower level, there is an API=20
for generating low level events on OS X, it is=20
the file "CGRemoteOperation.h"

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGrap=
hics.framework/Headers/CGRemoteOperation.h

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Reference/Quartz_Se=
rvices_Ref/qsref_main/function_group_10.html

In particular, the functions "CGPostMouseEvent"=20
and "CGPostKeyboardEvent" do exactly this: post=20
low-level events on the local machine. Of course,=20
you'd have to wrap this into some tcl-wrapper if=20
you'd like to invoke them from tcl...

    Fran=E7ois




At 22:36 +0200 22/08/03, Joachim Kock wrote:
>Hello TclAE experts,
>
>is there a way (from within Tcl) to post mouse clicks to the event
>queue?  (Preferably under OSX, but if for some reason it is easier in
>OS9 I am also very interested in this.)  Some GUI programmes haven't
>got any command line interface and don't understand AppleScript, so
>in order to control them from within Tcl Tcl needs a 'mouse'...
>--- use Tcl as a robot to operate the graphical programme...
>Something like
>
>    bringToFront someGraphicalApp
>    wait 200 ticks
>    sendMouseClick 223 356
>    # the coordinates of the click...
>    wait 200 ticks
>    sendMouseClick 620 445
>    # e.g. click on the Save button, and next
>    # read in that file from the Tcl script, etc.
>
>Under OS9 there are several 'macro programmes' capable of posting
>such click events, as well as menuItemSelection events, etc. ---
>e.g. KeyQuencer --- but these programmes are also just isolated
>creatures you can't really control from outside, and they haven't
>got enough language themselves to write anything serious...
>
>Thanks a lot in advance for any help, hints, or explanations.
>
>Joachim.
>
>
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