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From: Patrick Stadelmann on 24 Apr 2008 12:57
In article <1ifxejx.eqig5i72t254N%jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz>,
jamiekg(a)wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) wrote:

> Sure it's a kludge, but it would be handy for the apps that are not
> Applescriptable like Apple's own Software Update :-(

You can control software updates using the "softwareupdate" command line
tool, that can be invoked from AS using the "do shell script" command.

Patrick
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Patrick Stadelmann <Patrick.Stadelmann(a)unine.ch>
From: Barry Margolin on 24 Apr 2008 21:55
In article <jollyroger-BAA729.09571124042008(a)individual.net>,
Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote:

> > They're giving people a way to automate apps that aren't scriptable.
>
> I have yet to see a case where, IMO, GUI scripting is a suitable
> replacement. If a certain application isn't scriptable, more often than
> not, there are ways to accomplish the end result that do not involve UI
> scripting with all its problems and inefficiencies.

As an example, Apple added "Forward as Attachment" to Mail.app in
Leopard. But unless I missed it, they didn't add it to the AppleScript
dictionary. You need to use UI scripting to automate this.

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Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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