From: has <has.temp3@...>
Date: 2008-02-19T00:39:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Send keystrokes to Firefox or Safari?

On 18 Feb, 00:41, Stedwick <philip.broc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, how about this: is there something like AutoIt for the Mac (if I
> can control it with Ruby, so much the better)?
>
> I tried rb-appscript already, but I couldn't figure out how to send
> keystrokes =P

See: http://www.apple.com/applescript/uiscripting/index.html

The sample scripts given there are written for AppleScript, obviously,
but could be translated to Ruby with a little work. (Hint:
ASDictionary and ASTranslate are your friends.)

Example:

#!/usr/bin/ruby

begin; require 'rubygems'; rescue ImportError; end
require 'appscript'
include Appscript

app('Safari').activate
app('System Events').keystroke('Your text here')


GUI scripting is crude and fragile, but can be useful when dealing
with applications that don't provide a proper scripting API for the
features you need.

You can also script Safari directly, including executing your own
JavaScripts via its 'do JavaScript' command. (This is what SafariWatir
[http://safariwatir.rubyforge.org/] does.) Dunno about Firefox as I
don't use it myself, but maybe someone else will know.

HTH

has
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