At 5:06 PM -0600 11/14/11, Sophie wrote:
I am trying to automate OmniGraffle using MacRuby, and cannot figure out how to map Applescript to available MacRuby methods.
Here are some hints which may be useful... -r Many apps are not intrinsically cooperative with AppleScript (eg, they don't publish their dictionaries). Fortunately, there's a way to talk to them regardless: Start "(Apple) > System Preferences". Click on "Universal Access". Click on "Enable access for assistive devices". I _strongly_ recommend spending US$55 on UI Browser, a really handy tool for inspecting an app's scripting capabilities: http://pfiddlesoft.com/uibrowser/ I've never tried Scripting Bridge, because the Googling I did led me to use rb-appscript instead. It has worked quite well for me, by and large (though I haven't tried it with MacRuby): http://appscript.sourceforge.net/ http://appscript.sourceforge.net/rb-appscript/index.html http://www.apeth.com/rbappscript/00intro.html#XXXtoc Finally, if you get totally stuck on AppleScript (and you're on a funded project :-), consider bringing in an expert, eg: Ben Waldie http://www.automatedworkflows.com/ -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume rdm@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Software system design, development, and documentation